Ancient stories with and without dignity

The famine in Qi is serious. Qian ao prepares meals for hungry people passing by by the roadside. A hungry man covered his face with sleeves, shuffled his feet, and his eyes came over in a daze.

Qian ao took the dish in his left hand and the soup in his right, and said, "Hello! Come and eat! " The hungry man looked up at him and said, "I am in this situation because I don't eat food given by others!" " "Qian ao went up to apologize to him, but he eventually starved to death because he didn't eat. Ceng Zi said, "I'm afraid it's not necessary! Qian ao can certainly refuse when he is rude, but he can eat after apologizing. "

2. Han Xin was humiliated (without dignity)

Huaiyin Hou Han Xin was born in Huaiyin County. When I was a citizen, because my family was poor, I didn't have any good recommendation for being an official. He can't make a living by doing business. He often goes to other people's homes for dinner, and everyone hates him.

I once stayed in Nanchang Tingchang's home in the countryside for several months. Tingchang's wife was helpless and cooked in the quilt early in the morning. Han Xin went to eat, but Tingchang's wife didn't prepare meals for him. When Han Xin knew the reason, he was furious and never dared to go again.

Han Xin went fishing in the north of the city when he was free. Many women wash clothes by the river. A woman saw that Han Xin was hungry, so she gave him something to eat and ate for dozens of days. Han Xin was very happy and said to the woman, "I will repay you well." The woman was very angry and said, "It's sad that a gentleman can't support himself. I only give you food because I pity you, so I don't expect you to repay me! " "

At the livestock slaughter market in Huaiyin, a young man insulted Han Xin and said, "Although you are tall and burly, you like to wear a sword, but you are timid at heart." At this time, he insulted Han Xin in front of everyone and said, "If you are not afraid of death, stab me with your sword;" If you are afraid of death, just go through my crotch. " At this moment, Han Xin looked at each other carefully and finally bent down to drill through his crotch. The whole market laughed at Han Xin and thought he was timid.

Extended data:

1, the famous saying "Don't eat what you get" comes from this story, which means that in order to show your backbone, you will never condescend to accept charity from others, even if you starve yourself to death. Hungry people don't eat Qian Ao's food because Qian Ao is arrogant and regards the poor as pigs and dogs, and his charity is degrading.

The tradition in China attaches great importance to being a man with backbone. In layman's terms, people can't live without breath, even if they are bitter. There are some similar sayings, for example, people are not poor, they would rather die than surrender, people want face, trees want skin ... all these show the importance of integrity, human dignity and human spirit. ?

2. Han Xin, an outstanding general in the early Han Dynasty, was an important contributor to Liu Bang's claim to the throne. He was also called "three outstanding heroes of early han dynasty" with Sean and Xiao He, and was an outstanding strategist. As a teenager, he was poor and lived a wandering life. In the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu was the first subordinate to Liu Bang. In the Han-Chu War, he helped Liu Bang win and was named King of Chu. Because someone accused him of rebellion, he was demoted to Huaiyin Hou.

Sima Qian (65438 BC+045 BC-87 BC), also known as Tai Shigong, was born in xia yang (now Hancheng, Shaanxi, Hejin, Shanxi), a great historian, thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty in China. He was called "the second Sima in the world" with Sima Guang and "the second Sima in the Western Han Dynasty" with Sima Xiangru.

With his historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between heaven and man, understanding the changes of ancient and modern times, and making a family statement", he achieved the first biography in China history-Historical Records.