During the Spring and Autumn Period, the five hegemons dominated, and the power of the King of Zhou declined day by day. There are constant disputes in the world, and political turmoil in various countries is frequent. The three families were divided into Jin, and the Tian clan was daiqi. The Seven Kingdoms era began, and the Qin state became increasingly powerful with its superior geographical location, vast land, and diligent administration of kings. The efforts of successive generations of kings have made the Qin state the number one of the Seven Kingdoms. On the basis of his predecessors, Qin Wang Yingzheng eventually relied on force to unify the world and established China's first unified feudal dynasty, the Qin Empire. This was 221 BC, but the indomitable Qin Empire was overthrown only twelve years after The death of Yingzheng, and its rule no longer existed. Among the people of the uprising, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had outstanding contributions, and the future lord of the world was also produced among them.
The "Records of History" records Xiang Yu's famous book, the next xiangren. His uncle's name was Xiang Liang, and his grandfather was Xiang Yan, a famous general who went abroad and was killed in battle when Wang Qi attacked the Chu state. Xiang Yu was only twenty-four years old when he rebelled against Qin, and together with his uncle Xiang Liang, he led the Chu people against Qin. At the right time, Chen Shi Wu Guang rebelled in Dazexiang, the imperial court was busy suppressing, and the local forces had no time to take care of it, so the Xiang family took this opportunity to gradually grow and eventually became the main force against Qin. At the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu boosted morale by breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and finally successfully defeated Zhang Handan's army, which was several times larger than himself, and rescued the besieged Zhao state. At the same time, Liu Bang bypassed Julu and entered Xianyang first by way west of the Yellow River. Xiang Yu was very angry about this, so there was a well-known story of the Hongmen Feast. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu divided the princes and divided the Qin State into three, which were divided into three famous generals of the Qin Dynasty, including Zhang Handan. He himself led his army back to Chu, built the capital Pengcheng, and proclaimed himself the king of Western Chu. Liu Bang, who had originally been divided into seals, was enfeoffed to Shu and became the King of Hanzhong. At this time, only two years before Xiang Yu's uprising, when he was twenty-six years old, he ordered the princes to divide the world, and for a time the scenery was infinite.
Just when Xiang Yuzhi was satisfied and enjoying his title of King of Chu, Liu Bang was accumulating grass and grain in Shu and rectifying the people and horses. He also worshiped Han Xin as a great general. Ming Xiu Zhan Dao, Darkness Chen Cang, and the capture of the land of the Three Qins, Liu Bang finally left the barbaric Bashu and returned to the Central Plains to compete with Xiang Yu for the world. Peng cheng was defeated, Xingyang fled, and Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu again and again, panicking like a dog that had lost his family. And Xiang Yu only lost once, he killed himself in Wujiang, why did Xiang Yu fail to become the overlord of the world? To become the king of a country, but only to become the king of Western Chu.
The first is Xiang Yu's own reasons, his personality is tyrannical, and he likes to be suspicious of others. At the beginning of the uprising, a rule was made, and anyone who saw the Xiang yu banner and did not surrender was killed after the city was destroyed, and later restrained under the control of his uncle. After Xiang Liang was killed by Zhang Handan, Xiang Yu led his men and horses to break the cauldron and sink the boat, defeating Zhang Handan's 300,000 men and horses at Julu. For the 200,000 Qin army to surrender, Xiang Yu chose to pit and kill to reduce the disaster. In addition, the Prince of Qin also died at the hands of Xiang Yu as a descendant, and a fire burned the Afang Palace, causing resentment among the Qin people, which was different from the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. How can such a character not lose the hearts and minds of the people and the world?
Secondly, Xiang Yu was arrogant and arrogant, and he did not have a long time to do things. When he was young, Xiang Yu learned to write, but gave up before he finished learning, and later gave up learning swordplay in the middle of the way, which annoyed his uncle. Xiang Yu's answer was that the book could only write names, the sword could only be one enemy, and he wanted to learn ten thousand enemies, so Xiang Liang taught the art of war, and after a little understanding of his intentions, Xiang Yu refused to learn. In addition, the benevolence and indecisiveness of women are also another of his shortcomings, and he can kill Liu Bang many times but give up because of a moment of weakness. It is even more difficult to decide when faced with some major decisions. In contrast, Liu Bang kicked his children off the carriage three times when he fled, and such a determined person would surely be able to seize the world by any means.
The last reason was that Xiang Yu failed to follow the trend, turned a blind eye to the trend of the eventual unification of the world, and fantasized about dividing the princes like the King of Zhou. And the wheel of history will only move forward, and where it will retreat because of him alone. In the end, Xiang Yu had to kill himself in Wujiang.