1, guild rules. This is a kind of self-punishment second only to suicide. Chu Dapeng, deputy leader of the Yellow River Gang, and others used this method to make amends to Gong Jinyun and begged his father, Heifeng Island Master, to help the brothers in the gang with their hemolysis knives. (See Liang Yusheng's Record of Gong Ming Yun Feng)

2. The way of atonement. If you have done something serious wrong, you should apologize to the other party. The general practice is to vertically pierce the thigh with a sharp knife for three times to form six holes, that is, three knives and six holes. Crimes committed afterwards can generally be forgiven by the other party. (See Taiwanese drama "Heroes and Teenagers")

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The origin of three knives and six holes

One day, in Zhuxian town, a man named Zhan Ao was having tea with his friend Zhou Dingguo in Zhilanxuan. He saw a woman with fine features and told Ding Guo some jokes. Later, this woman came to Dingguo and found that she was Dingguo's wife. Zhan ao is pale. /kloc-on 0/8, he invited heroes from three mountains and five mountains, flood and drought, north and south to come to Zhuxian Town.

That day, Zhan ao dug a pit outside the town, which was as deep as 12 points. Seven feet two inches long, called seventy-two hell; It is three feet six inches wide and is called thirty-six plows. There are three knives in it, called three talents in heaven and earth, three knives and six eyes. They are called three knives and six docks, with yellow sand above and red carpet below. They had a drink with all the heroes, jumped into the pit and died. Since then, they have left a punishment method of "three knives and six holes" in the rivers and lakes.