莫言以民间戏曲为框架勾画《檀香刑》的整体轮廓,而内容也蕴含着中国文化的深层与隐性意义。而其中大量的对酷刑进行不厌其烦地描写,让我们饱览中国各色刑罚的同时,也刺痛着我们的神经,本文将对《檀香刑》中的刑罚描写,做出关于君主威严、人性等方面的分析。 Mo Yan draws the overall outline of “Sandalwood Penalty” with the folk opera as the framework, and the content also contains the deep and implicit meaning of Chinese culture. Many of these torture cases take pains to describe. When we look at the various penalties in China, they also hurt our nerves. This article will describe the penalties in “Sandalwood Penalty,” and make statements about the monarch’s dignity and human nature analysis.