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	{{Template}}'''Death by a Thousand Cuts''' or '''slow slicing''' refers to a method of [[torture]] and [[execution]] originating from [[Imperial China]]. The early 20th century photographs that were taken of this execution were influential to [[Georges Bataille]]'s [[sacred and profane|sacred/profane]] philosophy. In 1992, the same photographs were featured on [[John Zorn]]'s album ''[[Leng Tch'e]]''.		{{Template}}'''Death by a Thousand Cuts''' or '''slow slicing''' refers to a method of [[torture]] and [[execution]] originating from [[Imperial China]]. The early 20th century photographs that were taken of this execution were influential to [[Georges Bataille]]'s [[sacred and profane|sacred/profane]] philosophy. In 1992, the same photographs were featured on [[John Zorn]]'s album ''[[Leng Tch'e]]''.
-	The potographs were published by [[Georges Dumas]] in the 1934 ''[[Nouveau traité de psychologie]]'' <!-- (not in 1923 Traité de p.!) -->, and again by [[Lo Duca]], who mistakenly appended abstracts of Fou-tchou-li's executions as related by [[Carpeaux]].	+	The potographs were published by French psychiatrist [[Georges Dumas]] in the 1934 ''[[Nouveau traité de psychologie]]'' <!-- (not in 1923 Traité de p.!) -->, and again by [[J. M. Lo Duca]], who mistakenly appended abstracts of Fou-tchou-li's executions as related by [[Carpeaux]].
	[[Adrien Borel]], [[Georges Bataille]]'s [[analyst]], introduced Bataille to the photographs. Bataille became fascinated by the photographs, reportedly gazing at them daily. He included the photos in his ''[[The Tears of Eros]]''. ([[1961]]; translated to [[English language|English]] and published by [[City Lights Bookstore|City Lights]] in [[1989]])		[[Adrien Borel]], [[Georges Bataille]]'s [[analyst]], introduced Bataille to the photographs. Bataille became fascinated by the photographs, reportedly gazing at them daily. He included the photos in his ''[[The Tears of Eros]]''. ([[1961]]; translated to [[English language|English]] and published by [[City Lights Bookstore|City Lights]] in [[1989]])

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Death by a Thousand Cuts or slow slicing refers to a method of torture and execution originating from Imperial China. The early 20th century photographs that were taken of this execution were influential to Georges Bataille's sacred/profane philosophy. In 1992, the same photographs were featured on John Zorn's album Leng Tch'e.

The potographs were published by French psychiatrist Georges Dumas in the 1934 Nouveau traité de psychologie , and again by J. M. Lo Duca, who mistakenly appended abstracts of Fou-tchou-li's executions as related by Carpeaux.

Adrien Borel, Georges Bataille's analyst, introduced Bataille to the photographs. Bataille became fascinated by the photographs, reportedly gazing at them daily. He included the photos in his The Tears of Eros. (1961; translated to English and published by City Lights in 1989)

Susan Sontag mentions the 1905 case in Regarding the Pain of Others (2003). One reviewer wrote that though Sontag includes no photographs in her book—a volume about photography—"she does tantalisingly describe a photograph that obsessed the philosopher Georges Bataille, in which a Chinese criminal, while being chopped up and slowly flayed by executioners, rolls his eyes heavenwards in transcendent bliss."