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Assassin is one of the oldest industries in human history. China's professional assassins first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and were often responsible for assassinating targets for political reasons. The purpose of an assassin's assassination is often to make the target person and related things suffer a fatal blow in a short time.

Biographies of Assassins, written by Sima Qian, a historian of Han Dynasty, is the earliest biographical historical data of assassins in China, among which The Four Assassins, whose creed is "to die for a bosom friend", is the most famous. China's early assassins, the assassination motive is relatively simple, because they appreciate the kindness of the client, so they often go to assassinate, so there is some chivalrous atmosphere.

After the Qin Dynasty, the motives of assassins were money, reputation, hatred, politics and other reasons. Assassins' activities are generally very secretive, and they often launch assassinations when the target person is unprepared. Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in "Chivalrous Man" that "ten steps kill one person, and a thousand miles don't leave a line; I brushed my clothes and hid in my name. " It vividly depicts the characteristics of this mysterious figure.

In the west, the English name of "Assassin" is "Assassin" (transliteration: Hashshashin), which refers to a person whose occupation is assassination. The word "assassin" comes from the old Arabic word "Hashshashin".

The earliest recorded assassin in the west is a Jewish woman named Yayi in the Bible. According to the Bible, she lured Sisera, the enemy leader, into the camp with her beauty, and then killed her without a stake.

Western professional assassins originated from 1 1 The assassin, an Islamic secret organization whose purpose was to assassinate the Crusaders at the end of the century, was founded by a Turkic Persian named Hassan Saba.

Members of organizations responsible for assassinations often take hashish (also known as Hashshashin), an anesthetic extracted from hashish, to gain courage. 125 1 year, Luke Redding Kusha, the last leader of the Assassin Sect, sent assassins to assassinate Mongo Khan of the Mongolian Empire and failed.

1256 Ying Chao, the assassin's stronghold, was destroyed by the Mongolian army led by Xu Liewu. Since then, the Sect has gradually disappeared.