引決

引決

1. (Classical Chinese) to kill oneself; to die by suicide

   • 及罪至罔加，不能引決自裁，在塵埃之中，古今一體，安在其不辱也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     及罪至罔加，不能引决自裁，在尘埃之中，古今一体，安在其不辱也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.

     Jí zuì zhì wǎng jiā, bùnéng yǐnjué zìcái, zài chén'āi zhīzhōng, gǔjīn yī tǐ, ān zài qí bù rǔ yě. [Pinyin]

     But when they were accused of crimes and sentences were passed on them, there were not one who could settle the matter with his own hands by committing suicide. In the dust and filth of bondage, it has ever been the same, past and present.

2. (Classical Chinese) to adjudicate; to rule; to return