Han Xin (died 196 BC) was a military general who served Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) during the Chu–Han contention period and contributed greatly to the founding of the Han Dynasty. Han was named as one of the "Three Heroes of the early Han Dynasty" (漢初三傑), along with Zhang Liang and Xiao He.
Han is best remembered as a brilliant military leader for the strategies and tactics he employed in warfare, some of which became the origins of certain Chinese idioms. In recognition of Han's contributions, Liu conferred the titles of "King of Qi" on him in 203 BC and "King of Chu" in the following year. However, Liu was afraid of Han's abilities and gradually reduced Han's military power, demoting him to "Marquis of Huaiyin" in late 202 BC. In 196 BC, Han was accused of participating in a rebellion and lured into a trap and executed on Empress Lü Zhi's orders.
Descendants
Despite his role in Han's death, Xiao He tried to prevent Han's family from being completely killed. He asked Kuai Tong to help Han's two sons escape to Nanyue and change their family name to Zhuo (卓) and Wei (韋) to conceal their identities. One of Han's relatives hid in wheat during the massacre and changed his family name to Mai (麥), which means "wheat".[3]
Later the Wai family, being the largest family in Tai Wai village, where the name of the area came from, was the largest and oldest walled village in Sha Tin. It was built in 1574 during the Ming Dynasty, and was called Chik Chuen Wai (Chinese: 積存圍) at the time. It was originally made up of 16 families, Wai (韋), Chan (陳), Ng (吳), Yeung (楊), Wong (黃), Lee (李), Hui (許), Cheng (鄭), Tong (唐), Yuen (袁), Yau (游), Lam( 林), Lok (駱), Tam (譚), Mok (莫) and Choy (蔡).
Sprouting from traditional Chinese farming villages growing rice, Tai Wai area once functioned as a light suburban industrial park in the 1970s. Few factory buildings are still in use, mostly as warehouses. The current urbanization of the area is the consequence of the development of Sha Tin New Town.
So basically, I'm not of Royal Blood, just a Hero's Blood. A brilliant military leader with exceptional skills in warfare strategies and tactics, demoted to a Marquis then executed for being accused of rebellion and lured into a trap just because the emperor was afraid. Then concealing my identity by becoming a farmer growing rice and making lots of babies.
No wonder I was so good at strategy games and how I could actually be acing the tactics test in OCS. How I felt so misplaced, misunderstood and accused for nothing. How I actually didn't commission and got demoted to a sergeant, how my grandfather was a farmer from china, how he had 12 babies, and how I actually wants 7 children.