Why did Guiguzi rename Sun Bin?

Because he was whipped, which was impressive.

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A kind of corporal punishment in ancient times, that is, the punishment of removing the kneecap. Sima Qian << reports to Ren Anshu >>；; Sun Tzu's feet are clumsy.

Bin Sun

Sun Bin, a native of Qi State (now Juancheng, Shandong Province), was a descendant of Sun Wu, a general of Wu State, and a famous strategist during the Warring States Period. According to legend, when I was a teenager, I studied with Pang Juan from the famous Guiguzi master.

Wei Huiwang also learned from Qin Xiaogong, looking for Shang Yang-style talents. He spent a lot of money to attract world heroes. Pang Juan came to see him and told him something about Qiang Bing, a rich country. Wei Huiwang was so happy that he made Pang Juan a general. Pang Juan really has some skills. He trained every day, starting from several small countries nearby and winning several battles in succession. Later, even Qi was defeated by him. From then on, Wei Huiwang trusted Pang Juan more. Pang Juan thinks he is a great artist. But he knew that one of his classmates, Sun Bin, was better than him, and Sun Bin was a neat person. It is said that Sun Bin is the descendant of Sun Wu, the general of Wu, and only he knows the ancestral art of war.

Wei Huiwang also heard of Sun Bin's reputation and once told Pang Juan about Sun Bin. Pang Juan sent someone to invite Sun Bin to work with him in Wei. I didn't know that Pang Juan had ulterior motives and framed Sun Bin for adultery with Qi in front of him. Wei Huiwang was very angry. He committed a crime against Sun Bin, tattooed Sun Bin's face and dug out his two kneecaps. Fortunately, an emissary of Qi visited Wei and secretly rescued Sun Bin and brought him back to Qi. Tian Ji, the general of Qi, heard that Sun Bin was a general and recommended him to Qi Weiwang. Qi Weiwang is also reforming its economy. After talking with Sun Bin about Sun Tzu's Art of War, he appreciated it very much. I just hope he didn't meet him earlier.

In 354 BC, Wei Huiwang sent Pang Juan to attack Zhao and surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao (now southwest of Handan, Hebei). The next year, Zhao asked for help. Qi Weiwang wanted to worship Sun Bin as a general, but Sun Bin quickly refused to say, "No.. I am a disabled person who has been punished. When I become a general, I will bring laughter to people. Your Majesty, please ask Dr. Baitian to be a general. " Worship Tian Ji as a general, worship Sun Bin as a strategist, and send troops to save Zhao. Sun Bin sat in a covered car and helped Tian Ji to give advice. Sun Bin said to Tian Ji: "Now Wei has attacked Zhao with all its elite troops, and most of them are old, weak and sick China soldiers, which is very empty. Let's attack Wei Zhiliang. Hearing this, Pang Juan must give up Handan and run back. We will wait in the middle of the road and beat him head-on. We will definitely beat him. " Tian Ji followed the plan. Pang Juan's army has occupied Handan. Suddenly, he heard that Qi had gone to fight for the girder and immediately ordered him to retreat. Just after retreating to Guiling (now northwest of Henan placanticline), I met the military forces of Qi. In two world wars, Pang Juan suffered a crushing defeat. The Qi army returned home in triumph and the siege of Handan was lifted.

In 34 1 year BC, Wei sent troops to attack South Korea. South Korea also turned to Qi for help. At that time, Qi Weiwang was already dead. His son Qi Xuanwang sent Tian Ji and Sun Bin to rescue the South Koreans. Sun Bin did the same thing again. Instead of saving Korea, he directly attacked Wei. Pang Juan got the urgent documents from his own country and had to retreat back. Qi's army has entered Wei. Wei launched a large number of troops, headed by Prince Shen, to resist the Qi army. By this time, the Qi army had already retired. Pang Juan looked at the place where the Qi army camped, and found that the camp of the Qi army occupied a large area. He asked people to count the stoves for cooking, which was enough for100000 people. Pang Juan was too scared to speak. The next day, Pang Juan led the army to the place where the Qi army camped for the second time, and counted the stoves, only enough for 50,000 people. On the third day, they chased the place where the Qi army camped for the third time and carefully counted the stoves, leaving only 20,000 people to use. Pang Juan was relieved and said with a smile, "I know that the Qi army is a coward. Only three days after the arrival of 100,000 troops in Wei, more than half of them fled. " He asked Wei Jun to chase the Qi army day and night. All the way to Maling (now southeast of daming county, Hebei), it was getting dark. Maling Road is very narrow, and there are obstacles beside the road. Pang Juan couldn't wait to catch up with Qi's army, so he ordered the army to advance in the dark. Suddenly the soldier in front came back and reported, "The road ahead is blocked by wood!" " Pang Juan stepped forward and saw that all the trees along the road had been cut down, leaving only the biggest tree untouched. Looking closely, one side of the tree was stripped of its bark, revealing a pith with several big letters written on it, because it was dark and I couldn't see it clearly. Pang Juan told the soldiers to bring torches. Some soldiers lit torches. Taking advantage of the fire, the tree pulp reads: "Chongjuan died under this tree." Pang Juan was surprised and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat. It's getting late. I don't know how many arrows around, like locusts came at Wei Jun. At that time, ShaSheng blasting on both sides of Maling Road, soldiers of Qi were everywhere. It turned out that this was a trap set by Sun Bin. He deliberately reduced the number of stoves every day to lure Pang Juan to catch up. He calculated that when Wei Bing arrived in Maling, he ambushed a group of archers in advance and told them to shoot together as long as there was fire under the tree. Pang Juan had no choice but to draw his sword and commit suicide. Qi defeated Wei Jun and captured Wang Wei Shen alive.

After that, Sun Bin's fame spread all over the vassal states. Sun Bin's The Art of War was probably lost at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.