Cutting Hair Instead of Head for Punishment
Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage
Magistrates May Set Fires But Commoners May Not Even Light Lamps
Le Bu Si Shu (So Happy That One Thinks No More of Shu) |
Once, Cao Cao led his troops passing by a wheat field. As he cherished wheat, he ordered the army not to trample on the wheat field, and ordered to slay the disobedient. However, Cao Cao’s horse was startled on the way, trampling on the wheat field. He should be beheaded as he himself violated the order, but his ministers were opposed to it and persuaded him to change his mind. In order to tighten military discipline, Cao Cao cut off his hair to replace being beheaded. On hearing the news, all the generals and soldiers admired Cao Cao for his spirit of exercising strict self-discipline, so they consciously abided by the discipline since then. Later, Cao Cao led this rigorously-trained and strictly-disciplined armed forces to victory in the Guandu Battle. |
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