Han Xin's name naturally does not need to be repeated too much. In the "Chronicle of the Marquis of Huaiyin", Ma Qian of the Taishi Company portrayed his life as a "collection of idioms", from invincible, unmatched in the country, the more the merrier, the more the better, the afterlife of the place of death, the Ming Xiu Zhan Dao, the darkness of Chen Cang, etc., all of which set off the three masters of the Military Immortals, and in the end, they could only end up with a cheng also Xiao He defeat Xiao He.
After the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, he defected to Xiang Liang, and then belonged to Xiang Yu, but he was not reused, and then became acquainted with Xiao He, and turned to Liu Bang, but he was not reused, so he chose to flee again, and there was the story of Xiao He Yue's pursuit of Han Xin, and finally in the Chu-Han War, Ping Wei, defeated Dai and Zhao, ambushed and annihilated the Chu army on ten sides, and made great achievements, but in the end he was designed by Lü Yan and Xiao He, beheaded in the bell room, and destroyed his three tribes. As a result, the past of the "famous" Han Xin was also turned over. And among them, the humiliation of the crotch is also familiar, so why does Han Xin have to suffer the humiliation of the crotch?
"If you grow up, you will carry a sword, and you will be afraid of your ears." ''The name of the multitude of insults: 'Faith can die, stab me; Can't die, out of my crotch. So he looked at it, leaned out of the hakama, and crawled. Everyone in the city laughed and believed that they were timid. ''Chronicle of marquis of Huaiyin'
Many people will definitely say that Han Xin is the first to choose to be patient, a manifestation of wisdom, after all, this is also in line with the traditional mainstream value of "forbearance", and the heavens will descend to the Si people. And if we ordinary people will definitely choose to "draw the sword and rise" or slip away, and a big husband like Han Xin is naturally different from ordinary people like us, after all, Han Xin, as a soldier, is familiar with the art of war, and naturally understands the advantages and disadvantages, so Han Xin chooses the humiliation of the crotch that is the least harmful. And this kind of "large instrument" and "ability to endure" has also become the excellent quality of Han Xin, which can help Han Xin achieve immortal achievements. Legend has it that after Han Xingong became famous, he also rewarded the butcher and used it as a guard for the army. And a flesh-and-blood Han Xin was also depicted. Later generations also use this to motivate latecomers to cultivate this "open-mindedness" and "pattern".
But is this really the case? We do not deny that Han Xin was open-minded and strategic, but this was only an extension of the later historical runtime, and at that time, Han Xin, who was humiliated by the crotch, as a poor boy with a poor family and a "grown-up" son of a sword, was actually more of a manifestation of social reality at that time.
First of all, we need to realize that Han Xin's family is poor. Han Xin's origin, Tai Shi Gong did not tell too much. It is only recorded that when he was a poor man at the beginning, he was poor and had no way of doing anything, so he could not be elected as an official, and even if he could not basically earn a living or trade, he could only live by sending people to rub rice under the fence, and the end of this situation was that many people were tired of it. Even if the nanchang pavilion chief was able to let him rub rice for several months, he was eventually humiliated by his wife, and finally Han Xin was "angry and even extinguished". After going there, Han Xin made a career out of fishing. Naturally, it was also impossible to wrap the abdomen, fortunately, the drifting woman took out food to Han Xin, and Han Xin solved the problem of eating.
From this, we can see that Han Xin's view of "Wenda" is nothing more than an idle and hated image.
Secondly, it is Han Xin's sword. In the Qin Dynasty, in fact, there were strict controls on iron tools. For Han Xin, a poor peasant who was idle and deeply evil, and wore a sword, it was obviously contrary to the law.
Then these factors come together to find a very tangible reason for Han Xin's humiliation under his crotch. What we can't ignore is that there may be Han Xin's forbearance and ambition, but more should be the social status quo reflected under Han Xin's poor social status. And this status quo is to make a living first and seek a career later. The dignity of the poor is actually not valuable in the face of survival, and only when you have value will your dignity be valuable. At that time, Han Xin mostly wanted to live first.
Reference: Sima Qian, Chronicle of marquis of Huaiyin