Comments on: Finally he mounted his lion throne https://www.isegoria.net/2023/03/finally-he-mounted-his-lion-throne/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 31 May 2026 02:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2023/03/finally-he-mounted-his-lion-throne/comment-page-1/#comment-3594082 Jim Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:33:34 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49752#comment-3594082 But was Li Si’s will indomitable?

]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2023/03/finally-he-mounted-his-lion-throne/comment-page-1/#comment-3593770 Wang Wei Lin Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:26:50 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49752#comment-3593770 Similar brutalities are recorded by Sima Qian’s history of the Qin.
Li Si was a remarkable chancellor who fell out of favor of the emperor. His punishment was The Five Penalties and execution; face tattooed, nose cut off, ears cut off, fingers cut off, and feet cut off then execution by being cut in half. Sima also records beheadings of defeated armies by the 10s of thousands. The brutality of the East and Islam is incomprehensible to most Westerners.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2023/03/finally-he-mounted-his-lion-throne/comment-page-1/#comment-3593745 Jim Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:49:45 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49752#comment-3593745 I like this account best:

Other accounts state that Sambhaji challenged Aurangzeb in open court and refused to convert to Islam. Dennis Kincaid writes, “He (Sambhaji) was ordered by the Emperor to embrace Islam. He refused and was made to run the gauntlet of the whole Imperial army. Tattered and bleeding he was brought before the Emperor and repeated his refusal. His tongue was torn [out] and again the question was put. He called for writing material and wrote ‘Not even if the emperor bribed me with his daughter!’ So then he was put to death by torture”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambhaji#Capture_and_execution

Rest In Power.

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