But I think that victim in this pose are more logic than that in vertical column, as if the victim are tied to a vertical column, than it will quite trouble to cut flesh on his/her back and arms and legs ; I believe that people often use tied to a vertical column in their fiction about Ling chi is mostly because of that real photograph by French in 1905, however that execution in 1905 in fact is just a simple version of the execution, so for the complicated version of Ling chi, the pose showed by ruoliuming's story is more logical as it is more convenience to the executioner and also bring more shameless to the prisoner.
Here are some example that woman are tied in this pose to be execute :
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