After liu bang established the Western Han Dynasty, he once asked the Qunchen at a court meeting why he was able to defeat Xiang Yu and seize the world. The ministers said a lot of reasons, but none of them said anything about Liu Bang's heart. Liu Bang himself thought so: "On leading the troops to fight, I am not as good as Han Xin; on strategy, I am not as good as Zhang Liang; on the overall planning of the rear, I am not as good as Xiao He." And the reason why I Liu Bang was able to win the world was mainly because I had the assistance of these three talented people, and I could trust them", the ministers were also deeply convinced after listening to them. As one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty, Han Xin was also known as the "Soldier Immortal", such a powerful person, then who was his master? Does he have a master?
In the early years, Han Xin's family was poor, often hungry and ill-clothed, and he was able to survive by relying on the relief of his neighbors. Despite this, Han Xin was still very debauched, so many people hated him very much. However, a pavilion chief who went to the countryside thought that Han Xin was not an ordinary person, but a person who would become a great thing in the future, so he often invited him to dinner at home. Han Xin was also not polite, and for several months he ate at the pavilion chief's house, which caused the dissatisfaction of the pavilion chief and his wife, so he often ate directly after making a meal, and did not leave some food for Han Xin. Han Xin understood the meaning, so he stopped eating there.
Han Xin often fished in the river, and there were several big ladies washing clothes on the side, and one of the big ladies saw that Han Xin was hungry, and would take some food for Han Xin to eat, which was the case for many days. This made Han Xin very moved, and Han Xin said to her, "In the future, when I get ahead, I will definitely repay her old man."" However, the eldest lady refused her kindness, believing that she had sent him food because of Han Xin's pity, not to ask him to repay herself in the future. Han Xin liked to travel with a sword very much, and once a butcher deliberately humiliated him and said, "If you are not afraid of death, take the sword in your hand and stab me, if you are afraid of death, you will crawl from under my crotch." Han Xin knew that this man was a local bully who could not afford to offend with his current situation, and after a careful look, he chose to crawl under the butcher's crotch, which was the humiliation of the crotch.
In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Han Xin defected to Xiang Liang's rebel army and became an obscure soldier. In 208 BC, Xiang Liang was defeated in a battle between Dingtao and a large army led by Zhang Handan, and Han Xin was commanded by Xiang Yu, who made him Langzhong. During this period, Han Xin gave Xiang Yu many times, but none of them were accepted, so Han Xin left Xiang Yu and defected to Liu Bang.
Han Xin, who had just arrived in Liu Bang's camp, was not reused, but was only appointed as a petty official in charge of watching the warehouse, and Han Xin was almost beheaded for others who broke the law and sat down, fortunately, Shengzhi said something in a hurry to calm Xiahou Baby, who was in charge of the execution, which saved his life. Xiahou Infant later recommended Han Xin to Liu Bang, but he was only given an official position in charge of grain and salary, and Han Xin felt that Liu Bang would not reuse his own work, so he fled. After Xiao He learned of this news, he did not have time to report to Liu Bangyu and hurried to chase after Han Xin, which was the allusion to Xiao He's pursuit of Han Xin under the moon.
After Xiao He's repeated recommendations, Liu Bang worshiped Han Xin as a general and adopted Han Xin's strategy of going out of the east, so that he gradually gained an advantage in the struggle with Xiang Yu, and finally won the victory of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony. Han Xin was also known as a "soldier immortal" because he shined in the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, so who was Han Xin's master?
Sima Qian recorded In the "History: Biography of marquis of Huaiyin", Han Xin's life experience was recorded in detail, but it was not recorded that he studied the art of learning from his teacher, so it is very likely that Han Xin was self-taught, and there are many such people, and Xiao He is also one of them. However, some people believe that although Han Xin did not have a nominal master, his enlightenment period should have been greatly influenced by the military book "Wei Jizi" written by Wei Ji in the Warring States period, so Wei Ji was Han Xin's enlightenment teacher.