Xiang Yu in the history books is a great hero who has pulled up the mountain and is also a tragic loser. Han Xin of the Chronicle of the Marquis of Huaiyin has this to say about Xiang Yu: "King Xiang saw people, respected and loved people, and spoke with disgust; people had diseases, wept and shared food and drink; causing people to have merit, to be knighted, to seal evil, and to endure and not to give, which is called the benevolence of women." ”
Han Xin's words were very clear, Xiang Yu was a gentle and kind person, and when he saw who had an illness, he did not hesitate to share his own food with him. However, when his subordinates made meritorious contributions, Xiang Yu was very stingy, and he took the cast official seal in his hand and teased it, that is, he was reluctant to give it to his subordinates, so that the edges and corners were polished smoothly.
Of course, Xiang Yu's failure was only because of the benevolence of the woman, as a leader he did not have a far-sighted vision, nor did he lack a big picture view, and he was not even a qualified politician. More importantly, when he met Liu Bang, such a big slippery head who did not play cards according to the rules, could he not be defeated?
If Xiang Yu had only been a general who charged into battle, perhaps there would have been no tragic end later, just as the so-called virtue was not worthy of the position, and there would be disasters. In addition, the "Records of History" also records that Xiang Yu had three major cruelties: one was to burn the Afang Palace; the second was to excavate the Tomb of the Qin Emperor; and the third kill was 200,000.
However, today, more than 2,000 years later, after the detection of the archaeological team, the Afang Palace only has the foundation remains of the main hall, and there are no Fragments of Qin Tiles underground, let alone the residue after burning. The Afang Palace was not built at all, so why did the March fire not go out?
The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been stolen and excavated so far, and even the passage of the underground palace has not been found, so it can be seen that Xiang Yu's theft of the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is completely nonsense. In history, Xiang Yu did kill the fall, but there were definitely not 200,000, first of all, 200,000 were killed overnight, and the time was simply too late, and if so many people were really killed, they would definitely leave traces, but so far there has been no direct evidence of the pit killing of soldiers.
In fact, these three events are nothing more than An exaggerated depiction of Xiang Yu's brutal personality by Sima Qian. However, the real cannot be fake, and the fake cannot be true, and these three atrocities are completely inconsistent with the historical authenticity. The reason why Xiang Yu was wronged by his descendants for more than two thousand years was only one reason, the king was defeated. History is always written by the victors, and Xiang Yu, as a loser and as an antagonist of the Han Dynasty, must have personality and moral defects.