Looking back at the historical evolution process of ancient China, it is almost possible to describe it with the first sentence of the opening chapter of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" - that is, "the general trend of the world, the combination of long will be divided, and the division of time will be united for a long time", in the chaotic world, many capable warriors can often emerge and write their own legendary stories, and a large part of them come from poor families. At that time, it was difficult for children from poor families to fill their stomachs, let alone go to school to read, but how did Han Xin, who was one of the cases, have the opportunity to read? How did you learn the art of war?
We may find the key clue to the problem from the "Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin", in which it is written that "the letter fished under the city, and the mothers drifted, and one mother saw the letter of hunger, and the letter of food drifted for dozens of days." Xin Xi said to the drifting mother: "I will repay my mother with a heavy retribution." The mother was furious: "The eldest husband cannot eat himself, and I mourn the king and grandson and eat, and I hope to repay!" ”
I don't know if everyone noticed that the word "Wang Sun" in the dialogue did not, what does this mean? It shows that Han Xin's ancestors are likely to be nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and the generation that passed down to Han Xin has fallen, and for Han Xin, who was a problem with eating at that time, he could also wear a sword on his body, which is very intriguing. As for why it fell, it has a lot to do with Qin Shi Huang's unification of the Six Kingdoms, although Qin Shi Huang did not massacre the nobles of the Six Kingdoms after unifying the Six Kingdoms, but some of them were still affected and lost their original aristocratic lives.
Why? This point is actually very important, as an aristocrat, then when you make a fortune, there must be some special points, according to the Huaiyin Marquis Biography: "When you first became cloth, you were poor and had no way to choose to be an official, and you could not rule the merchants, often sending food and drink from people, and people were tired of them", of which "did not rule the merchants", it can be speculated that their ancestors may not have been in business. Since it is not a businessman, it may be a politician or an officer, as a politician or an officer, it is still possible to become an aristocrat, although it is said that the family is in the middle, but the ancestors can also retain some books, right?
Then the above said, as a declining aristocratic family, han xin's generation has been poor, but look at the historical time, Han Xin lived in the era and Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms is actually not too long, then his family may still have literate people (his mother is likely to be literate and hyphenated), can teach literacy when Han Xin was a child, and then contact the family to have a collection of books, then the military book is also possible, but the specific one is unknown. Han Xin, who has great ambitions, must want to restore the glory of the family, and it is also possible to start learning the art of war by himself from the beginning of literacy.
Later, following Xiang Yu, he experienced many wars, and learned a lot of practical combat experience, tactical skills, etc. from him, and Han Xin could integrate these into his self-taught martial arts and deal with them. After Han Xin defected to Liu Bang, he solicited the opinions of others, and after defeating Zhao Guo, he captured Li Zuoche, the most strategic person in the Zhao State, and regarded him as a guest of honor and humbly asked for advice. This Li Zuoche is not simple, he is a descendant of Li Mu, a famous general of the Zhao State during the Warring States period, Han Xin humbly asked him for advice, can he be worse?
Because he followed Xiang Yu in his early years, and later turned to Liu Bang to humbly seek advice, increase his knowledge, and be able to sum up his experience after each actual battle, he knew himself and knew the other, and never lost a hundred battles, so that the former Western Chu overlord was defeated by Han Xinhui's army, and finally killed himself in Wujiang.
The above is the author's personal judgment based on historical materials, many places need to be corrected, if the viewers have more judgments, may wish to leave a message in the comment area.
References: [History of the Marquis of Huaiyin]
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