Dismemberment by five horses

Dismemberment by five horses (五馬分屍), or chelie (車裂, lit. 'chariot-splitting'), was an execution method used in ancient China that involved tying horses or chariots to the condemned's four limbs and neck and then violently pulling them apart by having the horses set off in different directions.Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Finale: Assassination Prior to the Han dynasty, it was one of the various methods that fell under the death sentence, the fifth and last category of punishments, and it was analogous to in medieval Europe, save in five pieces instead of four.
==History==
Although mutilating forms of punishment were abolished under in 167 BCE,Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "Law". The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 227–252 chelie was still used as late as the 8th century by the Yan state established by jiedushi An Lushan in rebellion against the Tang. In 757, the famous court musician Lei Haiqing was forced to perform in Luoyang for Lushan, who had crowned himself as Emperor Xiongwu (雄武皇帝). Haiqing dared to play songs implicitly lamenting the calamities that had befallen the Tang, a snub that was not lost on the Emperor, who furiously ordered that he be dismembered by five horses.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Dynasty
==References==
Category:Execution methods