FIRST COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING QINGUANG
Each prisoner is judged according to his deeds in his past life... Reward for the good ones and Punishment to the evil ones. Punishments are carried out in each court based on his particular evil deed.
SECOND COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING CHUJIANG
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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INFLICTING PHYSICAL INJURY
CONMEN
ROBBERS
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THROWN INTO VOLCANIC PIT
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CORRUPTION
STEALING AND GAMBLING
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FROZEN INTO BLOCKS OF ICE
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PROSTITUTES
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THROWN INTO A POOL OF BLOOD
AND DROWNED
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THIRD COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING SONGDI
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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UNGRATEFULNESS
DISRESPECT
TO ELDERS
ESCAPE
FROM PRISON
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HEART
CUT-OUT
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DRUG
ADDICTS AND TRAFFICKERS
TOMB
ROBBERS
URGING
PEOPLE INTO CRIME
AND
SOCIAL UNREST
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TIED
TO RED HOT COPPER PILLAR
AND
GRILLED
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FOURTH COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING WUGUAN
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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TAX DODGER
REFUSAL TO PAY RENT
BUSINESS FRAUD
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POUNDED BY STONE MALLET
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DISOBEDIENCE TO ONE’S SIBLING
LACK OF FILIAL PIETY
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GROUNDED BY A LARGE STONE
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FIFTH COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING YANLUO
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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PLOTTED ANOTHER’S DEATH FOR HIS PROPERTY OR MONEY
MONEY LENDERS WITH MONEY
EXORBITANT INTEREST RATES
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THROWN INTO A HILL OF KNIVES
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SIXTH COURT OF HELL - YAMA: KING PIENCHENG
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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CHEATING
CURSING
ABDUCTING OTHERS
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THROWN INTO A TREE OF KNIVES
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MISUSE OF BOOKS
POSSESSION OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL
BREAKING WRITTEN RULES AND
REGULATIONS
WASTING FOOD
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BODY SEWN INTO TWO
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SEVENTH COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING TAISHAN
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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RUMOUR- MONGERS
SEWING DISCORD AMONG FAMILY
MEMBERS
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TONGUE PULLED OUT
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RAPISTS
DRIVING SOMEONE TO THEIR DEATH
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THROWN INTO WOK OF BOILING OIL
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EIGHT COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING DUSHI
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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LACK OF FILIAL OBEDIENCE
CAUSING TROUBLE FOR PARENTS
OR FAMILY MEMBERS
CHEATING DURING EXAMINATIONS
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INTESTINES AND ORGANS PULLED OUT
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HARMING OTHERS TO BENEFIT ONESELF
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BODY DISMEMBERED
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NINTH COURT OF HELL - YAMA : KING PINGDENG
CRIME
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PUNISHMENT
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ROBBERY
MURDER
RAPE
ANY OTHER UNLAWFUL CONDUCT
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HEAD AND ARMS CHOPPED OFF
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NEGLECT OF THE OLDAND YOUNG
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CRUSHED UNDER BOULDERS
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SAMSARA
After ther have drunk the magic tea, the sinners leave the TEN COURTS of Hell via one of the paths of the Wheel of Reincarnation of Samsara