In ancient China, in the Confucian culture dominated by gentleman culture, the thieves who stole chickens and dogs, chickens and dogs have never been welcomed by the mainstream society, they lived on the fringes of society, although they had a hand of light work and hand kung fu, but basically belonged to everyone shouting and beating. The most angry thing about the people is that their things have been stolen, and in the ancient criminal law, the punishment for theft was also quite heavy.
Generally, the sentence is based on the number of stolen goods, and the highest can even be set to death. In modern times, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to want to steal something and steal to be shot.
Of course, thieves not only bring trouble to the common people, but also some righteous thieves, using their stealing skills, have done a lot of good things. The movie "No Thief in the World" is about a group of bad thieves and two good thieves fighting against each other.
Due to the peculiarities of the identity of a thief, not many people can leave their names in history. And whoever can leave a name must have done something heroic. The "Chronicle of Meng Taste Jun" once recorded such a thief, he was a diner under the Banner of Meng Taste Jun of the State of Qi during the Warring States Period.
Because he was known for stealing, on weekdays, Meng Tianjun was a little reluctant to see him, and even looked down on him. After that, Meng Tianjun was placed under house arrest by the King of Qin, and in order to escape, Meng Tianjun asked for help from the King of Qin's favorite concubine, who made a request, that is, to get the pure white fox fur that had been given to the King of Qin before.
When Meng Tianjun was at a loss, the diner who was good at stealing stepped forward and helped him steal this pure white fox fur. The concubine was willing to help Meng Tianjun say good things in front of the King of Qin, and finally Meng Tianjun was able to escape.
In addition to this, the drum flea in "Water Margin" is also a well-known thief in history, and he should be regarded as the most famous thief. In "Water Margin", it is said that there is nothing under the sky that Time Migration cannot steal, and Time Migration has also made great contributions to the good han of Liangshan.
For example, in the process of Song Jiang's surrender of Xu Ning, Shi Qian played a major role. He sneaked into Xu Ning's house to steal out his heirloom Goose Ling Circle Golden Armor, and Xu Ning had no choice but to go up to Liangshan to get the treasure, and was finally successfully subdued by Song Jiang.
However, what is the case that such a thief almost died because he stole a chicken? It turned out that when Shi Qian had not yet gone to Liangshan, he was rescued by Yang Xiong for stealing and going to prison. At that time, Yang Xiong's wife and people committed adultery, and Yang Xiong and his friend Shi Xiu killed his wife in Cuiping Mountain, and just happened to move to the side to rob the tomb, witnessing the whole process of the two killing their wives.
Murder is a capital offense, and shi Qian, who robbed the tomb at the scene of the crime, also jumped to the Yellow River to wash it away. So the three of them discussed and decided to go directly to Liangshan as a grass kou, so that they could get rid of the punishment of the law. The three of them rushed to Liangshan Mountain overnight, and when they passed by the place of Zhujiazhuang, the three of them were already hungry and could not walk.
So, Shi Qian went out to forage for food, and after a while, he came back with a big rooster, and the three of them immediately ate a big meal, and the food was called a comfortable and cheerful. Coincidentally, the chicken stolen by Shi Qian was the only rooster in Zhujiazhuang. After dawn, the Zhujiazhuang people, who did not hear the rooster crowing, immediately followed the trail to find the hiding place of the three people of Shi Qian, found the chicken bones in a place, and the truth was revealed.
The villagers caught Shi Qian, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu had to go to Liangshan to ask Chao Gai for help, Chao Gai heard that Shi Qian they stole chickens in the name of the good han of Liangshan and angered Zhu Jiazhuang, extremely angry, thinking that they had lost the face of the good man of Liangshan, and immediately wanted to kill the two.
According to Chao Gai's approach, once Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu died, it was bound to be a dead word when Zhujiazhuang was waiting for rescue. At the critical moment, Song Jiang stood up and dissuaded Chao Gai, and in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, he agreed to yang Xiong and Shi Xiu's request, led the good Han to raid Zhujiazhuang, rescued Shi Qian, and Shi Qian was able to successfully join Liangshan.
However, the good times were not long, and after joining Liangshan for a few years, after the end of the conquest of Fang La, Shi Qian suffered from intestinal obstruction caused by intestinal obstruction, and finally suffocated alive, which can be described as lamentable. After his death, he was posthumously honored as Yijielang by Song Jiang, ranking 107th in liangshan good Hanli, which can be regarded as the highest status and achievement among ancient thieves.