蒲鞭就是用很轻的蒲草编成的鞭子，用这样的鞭子怎能罚罪。然而，在汉恒帝时，南阳太守刘宽却真的以薄鞭作为处罚有过失官吏的工具。刘太守定下法规：“凡吏人有过，均以蒲鞭挞之。”据说，刘太守也着实地用蒲鞭打过一些官吏。可是蒲鞭落下，不破皮肉，不伤筋骨，挨鞭之人爬将 The whip is a whip made of very light puff grass, and how can it be guilty of punishment with such a whip? However, in the Han and Han Dynasties, Nanyang Prefecture Liu Kuan actually used thin whips as a tool to punish unjust officials. Liu Shou set the law: “Where the officials have been, it is all done with a whipping lash.” Liu is said to have also practiced some of the officials with a whip. But the Po-landed, does not break the flesh, does not hurt the bones, whipped people to climb