Cangue
![A man in a cangue in Shanghai, circa 1870. The label usually listed the offender's name, address, and nature of the crime. The offender had to rely on passersby for food. (Photo by John Thomson).](/Images/godic/202501/02/Cangue_punishment2959.png")
![Salle des Martyrs at the Paris Foreign Missions Society. The ladder-like apparatus in the middle is the cangue that was worn by Pierre Borie in captivity.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Salle_des_Martyrs_MEP2959.jpg")
A cangue (/kæŋ/) is a device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and some other parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia until the early years of the twentieth century. It was also occasionally used for or during torture. Because it restricted a person's movements, it was common for people wearing cangues to starve to death as they were unable to feed themselves.