Why is Japan so fond of committing seppuku rather than committing suicide?

Japan’s four-cut method of suicide by caesarean section: The person who performs a laparotomy makes a cross-shaped cut directly in the abdomen, and the internal organs burst out and flow out until death due to excessive blood loss. This is just one of the ancient Japanese methods of disembowelment, known as "Jumonjiri." In addition, there are several cutting methods: "one word", "two words" and "three words". If the disembowelment is too painful, an assistant will behead him. To preserve their appearance, women who commit suicide by caesarean section will have their legs tied up.

The Japanese have a long history of committing seppuku, which can be traced back to the first year of Yongzuo (989 AD), before the great thief Fujiwara Yoshinori was arrested. He cut open his abdomen and threw his internal organs at the officer. This is the earliest legend of seppuku

Japanese people commit seppuku as an honor. Those who commit seppuku are called "seppuku people". If an apprentice follows his master and commits seppuku, he is called a "chasing person". There is a person who stands by and cuts off his head after his death, which is called a "jie wrong person". If a samurai loses and defeats his opponent with honor, they will not mind being a "jie wrong person"

Why were they so keen on committing seppuku? Because people in many countries believed that the human soul was stored in the belly, and it was necessary for samurai to display their souls after death.

This belly cannot be cut casually. It is better for ordinary people to hang themselves and not to engage in seppuku. This is only done by the samurai class. And not all suicides are seppuku. It must be one of the following situations: to avoid capture, commit seppuku in exchange for hostages, bear the responsibility for failure (this is the most common), die as a sacrifice, remonstrate to death, feel angry (give Qingming after being wronged), business belly (how much money will be given to my descendants) , I cut my belly). There is another type called talking about the abdomen, which is purely to establish a good reputation. Anyway, it is quite hard to become famous.

There is also seppuku in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, an incident was recorded in "Zhuangzi? Foreign Things": "Chang Hong was ridiculed and was released to Shu. He hated his loyalty and was ridiculed, so he committed suicide. The people of Shu felt this and used the sternum to hold his blood, and it turned into jasper in three years. This is the earliest record of seppuku in our country.

This Chang Hong is King Jing of Zhou Dynasty. A senior official was exiled to Shu because he was framed by slander. In order to prove his innocence, he disemboweled himself and died. Three years later, his blood turned into jasper.

During the Warring States Period, the famous assassin Nie Zheng also died by caesarean section. He was entrusted by the Korean doctor Yan Zhongzi to assassinate the Korean Prime Minister Xia Lei. After completing the mission, he was afraid of disturbing his family, so he destroyed his face with a sword, gouged out his eyes, and committed suicide by caesarean section.

The samurai spirit can be said to be the originator of seppuku. Maybe Japan’s seppuku was introduced to Japan by (Xu Fu, the envoy to the Tang Dynasty).

Tips:

The great thief Fujiwara Yoshi in 989 AD, this is the one we talked about at the beginning

The Japanese Mishima Yukio in 1970, one of the writers One, twice shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he died by having his head cut off by his assistant due to improper seppuku.

Many senior generals during the Anti-Japanese War committed seppuku and committed suicide

After seppuku, the body cannot be dumped backwards, otherwise it will be laughed at, and the eyes cannot be closed and the feet cannot be spread apart.