At that time, Fan Zeng looked for someone to hope for Liu Bang, saying that the qi on Liu Bang's body was all dragons and tigers, and it would become a great harm in the future, and if he did not get rid of him now, he would become an irresistible opponent in the future, so Fan Zeng asked Xiang Yu to set up a Feast at the Hongmen Gate and take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Bang, so as not to make him a climate in the future, and as a result, Xiang Yu was soft-hearted at the Hongmen Banquet, and let Liu Bang go, causing Liu Bang to later become the Son of the Great Han, so why did Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go?
First, Xiang Yu looked down on Liu Bang
At that time, Liu Bang's strength was not worrying, so Xiang Yu did not take Liu Bang in his eyes at all. Xiang Yu is known as "ten thousand enemies", the soldiers he led were like the division of tigers and wolves, and soon stood out among many princes, and even made other princes afraid, Xiang Yu, with his super strength, would not care about little Liu Bang at all, in Xiang Yu's eyes, Liu Bang was just a small general, and he would not be able to become a climate in the future, as for Fan Zeng's dragon and tiger qi, Xiang Yu was even more unconvinced, because Xiang Yu felt that he was the master of the world, he was the figure who decided history, and Liu Bang was dispensable for him.
Liu Bang's existence will not have any impact on himself, and Liu Bang's death will not have any impact on himself, so it is better to keep a personal feeling and let Liu Bang go. In fact, the general failure often lies in the light enemy, because of Xiang Yu's light enemy, so he let Liu Bang go, and as a result, Liu Bang did not take a few years to develop and grow, and finally defeated Xiang Yu under the qixia, Xiang Yu could only sigh in the end, "the time is unfavorable and not dead", but did not think that it was the result caused by his own light enemy.
Second, Xiang Yu has a global view
At that time, the world was in chaos, and Haojie from all over the world rose up to resist violent Qin, and they united together for only one purpose, that is, to overthrow violent Qin. Xiang Yu was the strongest general at that time, he had an exemplary role, in order to destroy the great cause of Qin, he could not kill Liu Bang at this time, because Liu Bang was after all the leader of the rebel army, if he killed Liu Bang at this time, it would make other generals suspicious, let others feel that the world was undecided, you began to eradicate dissidents, which is bound to lead to more rebellion, so Xiang Yu will not kill Liu Bang for the sake of overall consideration.
In the end, Xiang Yu let the tiger return to the mountain, in just a few years, Liu Bang transformed into an opponent who could compete with it, and defeated it under the sword, although Xiang Yu's overall view at that time was correct, it was also narrow, because he ignored Liu Bang's ambitions, Xiang Yu's mind was to be the overlord of Western Chu, he wanted to be the boss of various princes, and Liu Bang's mind was to be called emperor, and to establish his own dynasty, Liu Bang's pattern was larger than Xiang Yu's, so in the end Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu.
Third, Liu Bang will show weakness
Liu Bang knew that his life might be difficult to protect, so Liu Bang was cautious everywhere, everywhere, after seeing Xiang Yu, explaining the reason, making his position clear, and respecting Xiang Yu Bi, because at this time", "man is a knife trick, I am a fish meat", so he can only be patient, so Liu Bang constantly showed weakness in front of Xiang Yu, originally Xiang Yu did not put Liu Bang in his eyes, and as a result, when he saw Liu Bang showing weakness, Xiang Yu despised Liu Bang even more, Liu Bang had strong acting skills, and through constantly showing weakness, Xiang Yu gradually relaxed his vigilance.
But the biting dog often does not bark, and finally Liu Bang evaded the disaster by showing weakness, just as the so-called "big husband can flex and stretch, bend and then stretch", and then Liu Bang gradually became stronger, from hidden tolerance to counterattack, under his command, Xiang Yu was beheaded under the command, Liu Bang in order to vent the hatred of that year, told the soldiers that those who had the first rank of Xiang Yu could be crowned marquis, so the Han army rushed up, divided Xiang Yu's five horses into corpses, in order to compete for Xiang Yu's body, the soldiers killed each other and suffered heavy wounds.
This is Liu Bang's revenge, perhaps in Liu Bang's heart has also been contemptuous of Xiang Yu, but Liu Bang did not show it, Liu Bang dreamed of eradicating Xiang Yu, until the time of the fall, Liu Bang completely realized the ideal, laughed to the end is the winner, and finally Xiang Yu lost, Liu Bang won, no one will remember Liu Bang's low three or four, will only remember Liu Bang's glory on the road of life, because Liu Bang won, became the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was the victor, in Stalin's words: "The victor is not condemned", this is the reality, This is politics, politics often has no right and wrong, only success and failure, when Liu Bang succeeds, no one will remember his weakness at that time.
Fourth, Xiang Yu has the morality of the jianghu
Xiang Yu has some jianghu morality, he and Liu Bang once worshiped as brothers of the opposite sex, if you kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet, it will make the people of the world laugh in shame, so that some people feel that even the brothers are ignored for the sake of profit, and there is no bit of jianghu morality. If you kill Liu Bang at this time, the other generals will also feel that Xiang Yu's qi is small, not a person who has achieved great things, nor is he a person with morality in the jianghu.
Because the jianghu is sometimes not to fight and kill, but to be sophisticated, sometimes it is better to kill a person than to let go of a person, sometimes to achieve a person more successfully, sometimes the heavy love and righteousness are often more able to harvest people's hearts, so Xiang Yu has a lot of jianghu morality, he thinks that letting go of Liu Bang can unite everyone more, more can make himself invincible, because to give others a road, they can have a way to go, so that others have no way to go, they may have no way to go, this is the rule of the jianghu, Therefore, Xiang Yu did not want to break this rule, so he let Liu Bang go.
Fifth, the king does not die
In ancient China, there is a belief called the king does not die, that is, the legendary fate, or the fixed number, Liu Bang's fate is the fortune of the heavenly son, that is, the life of the emperor, so Xiang Yu wants to kill him and cannot kill him, either Xiang Bo blocks the sword for him, or Fan Huan intercedes for him, in short, Liu Bang is the emperor's life, there are generals around the star auxiliary, once they encounter disaster, these will star themselves will come to save.
Because Liu Bang is the Son of Heaven, so he will not die until the number of lives, this kind of person often kills Ji, dies Chengxiang, or meets Ji Ji, because he is the Son of Heaven, so he has the protection of heaven, every journey he takes, everything he experiences, is arranged, just as the Buddhist family said, "Everything is predetermined", or as the Yin and Yang family said, everything is predestined, Liu Bang is the emperor's fate, so the king does not die, Xiang Yu is not the emperor's fate, so in the end it will be killed by Liu Bang, this is just a matter of time, the person destined by the destiny of heaven, It is often the one who occupies the heavens, and in the end, it will stand firm, laugh to the end, and become a figure who turns things around, and Liu Bang is such a character, so in the end it is Liu Bang who wins.
References to the Chronicle of History