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In 195 BC, the terminally ill Liu Bang was lying on the dragon bed of the Changle Palace, and Lü Hou called for a doctor to treat him. Liu Bang asked the doctor: Can you cure my disease well? The imperial doctor said yes. Liu Bang scolded: I broke through the world with a three-foot sword in a cloth suit, fought hundreds of battles large and small, and now I am the emperor, this is the destiny of heaven, I am now seriously ill is also Providence, is my illness you can cure well? Then he was rewarded with fifty gold, and sent him away, and he was incurable.
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During the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu confronted each other at Xingyang. Once, Liu Bang listed Xiang Yu's guilt in front of the battle, Xiang Yu took the opportunity to open the bow, liu Bang was hit by an arrow in the chest, and was seriously injured. Shortly before Liu Bang was lying on his sickbed, the King of Huainan rebelled against Tuobu, and Liu Bang personally marched against Tuobu. The counter-rebellion went very smoothly, and Tuobu's army was quickly crushed, but Liu Bang was shot by stray arrows. This arrow caused Liu Bang to relapse from his old wounds, and his condition was serious, and he died within a few months of returning to Chang'an.
Xiang Yu
Before Liu Bang died, Lü Hou invited a doctor to treat him, but Liu Bangzhi did not treat him, so he directly refused. Not to mention whether the doctor can cure it well, perhaps the imperial doctor is afraid of reducing the guilt, in order to appease Liu Bang, he said that he could cure Liu Bang's illness. But is Liu Bang really not afraid of death? If the family can really be cured, he can live for a few more years. After giving up treatment, Liu Bang was waiting for death.
Lu Hou
Liu Bang's behavior is somewhat puzzling. Since ancient times, the more powerful a person is, the more afraid of death, because the death of these people means losing everything he has. In contrast, those who have nothing are less afraid of death. Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties were afraid of death. The first emperor in Chinese history, Qin Shi Huang, was really afraid of death, and he did not hesitate to spend huge amounts of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to find the elixir that did not exist. As the second emperor to unify China after Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, was already the supreme ruler of the country at that time, the most powerful person in the world at that time, and it was admirable that he was so calm in the face of life and death.
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Liu Bang was not afraid of death. In 205 BC, Liu Bang was defeated at Pengcheng and ran away under the escort of more than a dozen close associates. On the way, he met a pair of his and Lü Hou's sons and daughters (later Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan), and took them to the car by the way. Because Xiang Yu's pursuers were in hot pursuit behind them, two children were added to the carriage and ran even slower. In order to make the carriage run faster, Liu Bang kicked one of his sons and daughters off the car, but thanks to his driver Xiahou Baby, the two children were rescued. Liu Bang kicked the two children off the car several times. In order to have a little more hope of escaping, Liu Bang kicked the two of his own children out of the car, which shows that his desire to survive is quite strong.
Battle of Pengcheng
When he was terminally ill, he gave up treatment, why was Liu Bang not afraid of death at this time?
First of all, Liu Bang is more realistic, he knows that people will inevitably die, unlike Qin Shi Huang, who has the illusion of immortality. Secondly, Liu Bang's condition was very serious, and he thought that the doctor's words were just to comfort him. In ancient times, the average life expectancy of people was very short, and At this time, Liu Bang was already sixty-two years old, which had exceeded the average life expectancy of people in that era. Moreover, he had been through many battles and injured many times, and he knew that his life was short, and there was no need for unnecessary treatment. Finally, when he scolded the doctor, he mentioned: Mandate of Heaven, Liu Bang confessed his fate, indicating that he was content. He himself went from a cloth cloth to a founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty in only seven years, and has already created a legend. Liu Bang, who has reached the peak of his life, has looked down on life and death, and for him, it does not matter when he dies. At this time, Liu Bang's realm was not comparable to that of Pengcheng during the Great War.
No matter how posterity commented on his merits and demerits, Liu Bang's calm attitude towards life and death was not available to most emperors in history.
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