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Ip Chun Practicing Wing Chun Martial Art
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Han Xin (?-196BC), a famous general in Ancient China, made a great contribution to the foundation of Western Han Dynasty. However, before joining the army led by Liu Bang, Han Xin was living a very poor life. He was bad in business, and was unwilling to be a farmer, so he had to depend on others and even beg for living.  
One day, Han Xin was strolling a fair wearing a sword when a gang of young men stopped him, and one of them said, "Look at you, strong and tall. With such a long sword, you look like a true man; but in fact, you are nothing more than a coward". 

With laughter from his friends, the young man became even ruder and meant to make trouble by stopping him from leaving while keeping saying, "Be a man and prick me with your sword; be a coward and crawl your way under my crotch." This was an obvious humiliation.  

Han Xin stared at him, saying to himself, "Killing him will be as easy as turning my hand over. But it can by no means prove my ability; rather, it can only bring disgrace to my innocence. Besides, if I kill him, his friends will never let me go. What’s more, if by any chance I was put into jail, my life could be spoilt. I shall in no case be as aggressive as him." 

By thinking this, he bent down and crawled through under the hooligan's crotch.  The story tells us that sometimes we have to take humiliation so as to realize our greater dream.
Yellow
12/13/2017 11:33:43 pm

Wow! That’s an ineteresting story! Thanks for sharing it :)
Will you be posting more ?

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Wander
3/10/2020 07:57:53 pm

I stumbled across this while reading a book set in ancient China. I had no idea that's what it meant. Thank you for sharing!

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3/21/2020 03:17:54 pm

Was it Quickly Wear The Face Of The Devil?

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