As the saying goes: modesty makes people progress, pride makes people backward. But in China's history, there have been people who have been pretentious.
They think that they are superior, do not need others to guide, are very arrogant, have no one in sight, and always look down on their opponents, resulting in their being defeated by their opponents and paying the price of failure.
The price, even life. For example, the following four gods of war.
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The first is white
Is Bai Qi the God of War in the first place? Absolutely.
Bai Qi devoted his life to fighting for the Qin state and never lost a battle, so he was named "Wu'an Jun". He once broke the Wei-Han alliance at the Battle of Yiyi, captured the capital of the Chu state of Yingcheng, and severely damaged the main force of the Zhao state at the Battle of Changping, and his merits were outstanding.
Bai Qi is another outstanding military figure and commander in Chinese history since Sun Wu and Wu, and together with Lian Po, Li Mu and Wang Qi, he is known as the four famous generals of the Warring States, ranking first among the four famous generals of the Warring States, and is known as the "first god of war in the ages".
So, white arrogance? mad.
The most obvious example is that later King Qin Zhao, listening to Fan Ju's advice, did not let Bai Qi take advantage of the Zhao state after the Battle of Changping.
This annoyed Bai Qi. From then on, regardless of military and political affairs, all the big and small affairs of the Qin State had nothing to do with themselves.
Later, King Qin Zhao, who saw clearly, attacked the Zhao kingdom again, and no matter what, Bai Qi did not take command, and even Fan Ju personally came to apologize, and Bai Qi ignored it.
King Qin Zhao forced Bai Qi to be the commander, but Bai Qi said that he was seriously ill and could not take on heavy responsibilities.
Fan Ju asked him again, but Bai Qi still could not resign. So the angry King Qin Zhao demoted Bai Qi to a soldier and asked him to leave Xianyang. Bai Qi said that he was sick and could not move.
In the end, king Qin Zhao, who could not tolerate it, at the instigation of Fan Ju, ordered Bai Qi to be killed.
Therefore, this is a god of war who died of madness, a white rise that has never been defeated in his life, and a smooth life has made him stubborn and unable to listen to any opinions, arrogant. The same is true of the god of war below.
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The second place is Xiang Yu
Is Xiang Yu the God of War? Needless to say. Must be. His record will not be repeated.
So, is Xiang Yu arrogant? It's crazy.
The "History of Xiang Yu Benji" records that when Xiang Yu was a child, "I couldn't learn books, and if I went to learn swords, I didn't succeed", which means that Xiang Yu did not like to read.
His uncle taught him swordsmanship, but he still didn't like it, and finally his uncle Xiang Liang was very angry and asked you what you really wanted to learn.
Xiang Yu said, "I learned to write, but I can write down other people's names, what is the use?"
Learning swordplay is only a victory over one person, and it is not worth learning. To learn, learn to defeat millions of people. "From an early age, he showed complete arrogance.
Later, an incident once again confirmed Xiang Yu's madness.
When Qin Shi Huang was visiting Jishan Mountain, Xiang Liang took Xiang Yu to see the liveliness. Who knew that xiang Yu looked at it and blurted out: "He can take it and replace it!" Frightened, Xiang Liang quickly covered his mouth.
And Xiang Yu blurted out. That breath is like taking something out of a sac. In Xiang Yu's eyes, the "First Emperor" who annexed the world and destroyed the Six Kingdoms was nothing more than that, nothing remarkable, even worthy of being called "Bi", and he could replace it casually.
In fact, now it seems that qin shi huang and xiang yu are really strong?
In his opinion, he is the only and incomparable hero and Yum general in the world.
He never believed he would fail. When it really fails, it is only to blame the bad luck of the times (the times are unfavorable and not dead), and there is nothing wrong with it.
Therefore, Xiang Yu's arrogance is certain.
So, what is the fate of arrogance?
Embattled, Overlord Bieji, and Wujiang killed himself. Although the arrogant Xiang Yu created the myth of the God of War such as the Battle of julu and the Battle of Pengcheng. But in the end it failed miserably.
In fact, Xiang Yu's men were full of talents, and Chen Ping and Han Xin at the beginning had followed Xiang Yu, but in the end they all left him, that is, there was only one Fan Zeng left, and he did not like it.
He thinks he's great and doesn't need guidance.
Therefore, this arrogant personality was doomed to Xiang Yu's failure. In the end, the overlord Bieji was staged, and Wujiang killed himself.
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The third is Han Xin
Han Xin, who defeated Xiang Yu, ended up like Xiang Yu in the end, very miserable.
Because they are all arrogant and arrogant, they are all crazy. Xiang Yu's arrogance, we can see for all to see, then, Han Xin is arrogant?
Han Xin was also crazy. Why? Because he is also the god of war. He can be called a genius-level commander, who has almost no defeat in his life, and assisted the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, and was worshipped by posterity as a soldier and a god of war.
So, people with great abilities are often also very arrogant, and they look down on anyone. The most obvious evidence of Han Xinfanaticism is the conversation between Han Xin and Liu Bang.
One day, Liu Bang called Han Xin over to drink and chat together, and his old friends were always happy when they met.
Liu Bang and Han Xin toasted together, and asked Han Xin to comment on the talents of various generals in the DPRK, and Han Xin gushed endlessly. Of course, the arrogant Han Xin naturally did not take those people seriously.
Liu Bang then asked, "In your opinion, how many soldiers can I bring?" ”
Han Xin said, "Your Majesty can bring 100,000." ”
Liu Bang seemed unhappy, and then asked, "What about you?" ”
Han Xin smiled and said, "For me, of course, the more the merrier!" The more the merrier! ”
Liu Bangyin smiled and thought in his heart: "The more soldiers you lead, the better, since you are so capable, then cattle, then why am I the boss, you are just a migrant worker?" ”
Han Xin knew that he had spoken the truth after drinking and said what he was talking about, so he hurriedly covered up and said, "Although Your Majesty does not lead many soldiers, he has the ability to control the generals!" ”
Liu Bang saw that Han Xin was still so arrogant, and his heart was very unhappy, and he couldn't help but kill everywhere.
Moreover, once When Han Xin went to visit Fan Duo, Fan Duo knelt down to pay homage to him and call himself a courtier, and Han Xin actually laughed at himself and said that I am now in the company of Fan Duo and others.
Fan Duo was not only a brother who accompanied Liu Bang from birth to death, but also Liu Bang's brother-in-law, Han Xin said, as if he was too arrogant. This once again shows Han Xin's arrogance.
Therefore, what awaits Han Xin can only be a tragic ending. Later, Lü Hou immediately conspired with Xiao He to lure Han Xin to hunt and kill him, and later destroyed his three tribes. Although Liu Bang did not take matters into his own hands, he mostly acquiesced.
So, again, this is a man who died of arrogance.
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The fourth is Guan Yu
Guan Yu, of course, Guan Yu may have inferior achievements compared to the above, but Guan Yu is more famous.
Brother Guan not only had a wide range of popular beliefs in the people, but also received official gifts from the emperors of many dynasties, and both Buddhism and Taoism also absorbed him as a god and was named a martial saint.
To this day, the worship of Guan Gong is not limited to China, but even brought to the world by the Chinese.
Therefore, in this regard, Guan Yu can be regarded as a god of war. So, is Guan Yu arrogant?
Guan Yu's arrogance was very obvious in the later stages. At that time, Guan Yu thought that he was invincible in the world, and only Zhang Fei could barely compare with himself.
Therefore, he was very dismissive of Ma Chao, who suddenly appeared, so Guan Yu wanted to defeat Ma Chao and create his own name of being the first in the world.
At that time, after Zhuge Liang discovered this situation, he immediately wrote a letter to Guan Yu, saying that Ma Chao was no more than the likes of Tuobu and Peng Yue, and could not be compared with Guan Yu at all.
Zhuge Liang used to demean Ma Chao and praise Guan Yu, the main intention was to let Guan Yu not be arrogant and have good intentions.
After Guan Yu was happy, he also showed this letter to the people around him, and Guan Yu's arrogance was evident.
In the end, Guan Yu died of his own arrogance. Guan Yu was blindfolded by his arrogance. Only Maicheng could be defeated. It didn't take long for Guan Yu's head to be delivered to Cao Cao. This is again the man who died of arrogance.
The above four gods of war all died of arrogance.