Ti Ying was a woman from the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC to AD 8). She lived in Shandong Province. Her perseverance and courage not only helped her father clear his wrongful conviction and avoid corporal punishment, but also deeply moved Emperor Wen of Han, leading him to abolish this cruel form of corporal punishment. Ti Ying was the youngest of five daughters of Chunyu Yi. Chunyu Yi had once se…