Liu Bang scolded Xiang Yu and was later shot with an arrow, and from then on there was an unwritten rule in chess
People who understand history should know the "Chu-Han Controversy", the large-scale war that broke out between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, also known as the "Chu-Han Struggle for Hegemony".
Xiang Yu was the king of Western Chu and Liu Bang was the king of Han, and the contest ended with Xiang Yu failing and Liu Bang establishing the Western Han Dynasty.
Many people only see the surface and think that the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony is just a contest between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and the two of them compete for the world.
But in fact, this is not the case, this war is not only a dispute between two people, but a dispute between two models, but also a dispute between the feudal system and the new system of Qin Shi Huang.
Some people say that the Great Qin Empire unified the world and conformed to the will of Heaven, but went against the will of the people; Xiang Yu restored the system of dividing the feudal system to conform to the will of the people, but went against the will of heaven; and only the Great Han obeyed the heavens.
Xiang Yu was different from Liu Bang, who only wanted to be emperor himself, and he opposed Qin Shi Huang but did not oppose the new system created by Qin Shi Huang, and Xiang Yu was not only against Qin Shi Huang, but also vigorously opposed the new system.
Xiang Yu thought that the Qin Shi Huang system was not suitable for the situation at that time, people could not do it, or the old system was good, so after his success in opposing Qin, he went to punish the princes and crown himself as the king of Western Chu.
Although he was the overlord, Xiang Yu was not responsible for the household affairs of the various princely states, he was only responsible for being the boss and maintaining the order of the whole country.
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had very different ideas, he did not want to continue to maintain the ancient system of sub-feudalism, and he was not willing to be only a small prince.
He believed that one day the world would be unified, so he very much recognized Qin Shi Huang's new policy of unifying and centralizing the county system.
The Chu-Han struggle for hegemony lasted for 4 years, not only on a large scale, but also in a vast battlefield, unprecedented in history, in order to determine the beginning of Chinese civilization, it occupied an important position in the ancient Chinese war.
This war finally realized the great unification of the Western Han Dynasty, which has positive historical significance and plays a key role in the influence of the mainstream culture of our Chinese nation and the formation of national character.
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Chess culture
Liu Bang's fighting is very characteristic, he likes to tease the enemy first, and then unexpectedly defeat the enemy.
Xiang Yu's personality is well understood by everyone, very confident, and violent, so when fighting, pay attention to fast, fierce, and fierce.
When it comes to the Chu-Han controversy, many people will think of chess, which has a long history in China and is also a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation.
According to legend, the "elephant" of chess is a person, shun's younger brother, who usually likes to fight and kill, and later invented a game used to simulate war. Because he was the inventor, he named himself after himself, and this game is "chess".
Later, Han Xin overhauled it, and the Chu River Han Realm appeared, and there were also white-faced generals, that is, the king did not see the king, but the name did not change, and it was also called "Xiangqi".
It is not over here, with the passage of time, until the Song Dynasty, the original "cannon" in the red chess was changed, and the "pawn" was changed to "bing", the "Shi" in the original black chess was changed to "Shi", and the "Xiang" was changed to "Elephant".
Because the Song Dynasty people did not like to repeat words, so there will be this kind of change, since then the appearance of chess is basically fixed, the river boundary in the chessboard is also known as the "Chu River Han Boundary".
The Book of Zhou and Benji records: "In the fourth year of Tianhe, in the fourth year of May, the imperial "Elephant Classic" was written, and the Collection of Hundred Liao lectures was made. ”
Chess is known as "elephant play", so it can be seen that chess was already popular during the Warring States period, when it became an entertainment project.
Many people may not know that there is an unwritten rule in chess that is directly related to Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.
The stipulation is that "shuai" and "general" cannot be next to each other, there must be chess pieces separating the two, and they must not meet directly, otherwise they will sentence the other party to "general", it is said that this rule is based on Xiang Yu shooting An arrow from Liu Bang.
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Unwritten rules
At that time, the princes all ceased war and each feudal state, and later due to uneven distribution, many people expressed dissatisfaction, and after Xiang Yu returned to the city, the State of Qi rebelled, and as a overlord, he was bound to personally send troops to meet the battle.
As a result, as soon as Xiang Yu left, Liu Bang took the opportunity to capture Pengcheng and stayed in Xiang Yu's palace and forcibly occupied his wife.
At that time, Liu Bang led an army of 560,000 troops, and because of the large number of people, he relaxed his guard, and the soldiers were happy to drink wine.
Xiang Yu was furious when he learned of this, and then led 30,000 soldiers back to Pengcheng, and the result was unexpected, these 30,000 soldiers actually defeated 560,000 troops, causing a major miracle in the history of war.
After Liu Bang was defeated, he returned to the main city to recuperate, gathered strength and declared war on Xiang Yu, who later held Liu Bang's family hostage and threatened him to surrender, but he did not succeed.
Liu Bang knew that he was not Xiang Yu's opponent, so he fought a protracted battle, and Xiang Yu repeatedly shouted for Liu Bang to come out and single out, but Liu Bang only scolded him back and did not take action.
Xiang Yu was furious and shot an arrow directly at Liu Bang, directly at Liu Bang, Xiang Yu's strength was as great as an ox, and the arrow method was very accurate, which made Liu Bang not lightly injured.
Liu Bang made a fool of himself, saying that he only shot at the toe, in order to stabilize the hearts of the army, he was also afraid that the enemy army would take advantage of the void to enter, so he pretended to be safe.
If the Xiang Yu arrow method had been more accurate, history might have been rewritten, and later the two had hardly ever confronted each other, and this unwritten rule appeared in chess.