Han Xin, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty, and a famous military figure
If you want to say that Han Xin once had a shameful past, then why did he suffer the humiliation of the crotch, then you must first understand who Han Xin was at that time?
1. Unemployed vagrants
Many people know that the idiom of "a meal and a thousand gold" is the best embodiment of han xin's life dilemma at that time. Han Xin has two major hobbies, one is fishing and the other is to love swords. He knew all day that he read books while fishing, wielded his own sword, and learned martial arts. So he doesn't work at all, and often goes to rub rice.
Second, ambitious (but before it is accomplished, it will be regarded as arrogant by the villagers)
He had no money, but his mother died, and he didn't even have money for the funeral, but he chose a large and spacious cemetery for his mother, and it was said that there were ten thousand people around him. And you can skip eating, you have to wear a sword, but you have to be dignified.
On these two points, few of the villagers at that time could look at Han Xin, and Zhou Ji, the drifting mother who gave her food, could count the people who could see Han Xin.
Understand Han Xin's personality, and then talk about the humiliation of crotch?
It is said that there are two types:
One: The butcher wanted Han Xin's sword that day, and if he didn't give it, he had to drill it under his crotch, which was the most widely spread.
Second: Drifting mother Zhou Ji is sick, Han Xin wants to give drifting mother some meat to supplement the body, so he went to the butcher to get credit meat, butcher said, "Only if you drill through my crotch, I will give you meat, and will not ask you for money", so Han Xin was forced to drill.
Maybe when we encounter this situation, probably most people's reaction is to stab the butcher with a sword, but this matter is not a calm approach, think of stabbing the butcher, Han Xin will face the death penalty, even if not stabbed to death, the stab wound will also face the disaster of imprisonment. Taking a detour may hurt Han Xin's dignity even more.
So Han Xin chose to drill, and kept this matter in mind, motivated himself, and finally achieved great things.
There is a legend: after Han Xin was crowned king, back to his hometown, the butcher thought that Han Xin would kill himself, so he prepared to escape, who thought that Han Xin not only did not blame him, but thanked him and said, "Without the humiliation of your crotch, there would be no Han Xin today", and rewarded him with money and made him a petty official.
This can also be seen in Han Xin's "small intolerable chaos and big plots".