Why did Sima Qian dare to set up a book for Liu Bang s nemesis, Xiang Yu, wasn t he afraid of Empero

Because this can reflect the greatness of Liu Bang, he once won more with less, and defeated Xiang Yu under such a difficult situation at the beginning, which can better confirm the power of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will not punish him.

The main reason is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at that time was already in his old age, and in view of the fact that the court and the central government did not care much about the records of the historical books.

Secondly. Xiang Yu's prestige is obvious to all in history, and the people's recognition is relatively high.

Being able to give Xiang Yuli a single book shows that Xiang Yu is a hero, but Liu Bang can defeat Xiang Yu does not mean that Liu Bang is more powerful, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will not punish him.

Because this is the case, Liu Bang's true identity is really a gangster, Xiang Yu is indeed a big hero compared to him, but this big hero is too conceited and brave and resourceless. The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is called Ming Jun is because he knows that this is the case, and no matter how much he argues, it is useless, and he may be scolded by future generations.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not angry, in fact, it was because what Sima Qian wrote was the truth, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, must have known it. And from all kinds of ancient books of luck and loss, we can also know that Liu Bang is really a gangster, to put it mildly, he is a snake on the ground, compared to Xiang Yu, who was born in the royal family of Chu and is deeply loved by the people of Chu, it is indeed different. This is something that everyone in the world knows, if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty insists on Sima Qian, he can change it, but it is useless.

Because the people know what the real situation is, the wild history will also record it. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still insists on changing it, maybe after his death, he will be scolded to death by the people or some historians, because the monarchs of all dynasties and dynasties cannot change history at will, you can beautify it, but it can't be changed differently from the original.

In fact, there is another reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is not angry, that is, it is not beneficial for Sima Qian to write like this. Because this can highlight Liu Bang's power, think about it carefully. Liu Bang is just a gangster, at most a local snake; And Xiang Yu was the son of the royal family of the Chu State, which was second only to the Qin State in strength at that time.

The two of them were against Qin at that time, but in the end, Liu Bang, who was a gangster, defeated Xiang Yu and won the world. Isn't this Liu Bang more powerful? And it can also be beautified that Liu Bang was by the will of God and won the world.

This can also make the people of Li more convinced. Because an ordinary person's victory over a former royal nobleman must have obtained the will of heaven (ancient people were generally superstitious about this, especially the Han Dynasty).

In general, Emperor Wu of Han was not angry, which can be summarized into two reasons. First, this is a fact in itself, and arbitrary collusion will create the world to spurn; The second is the contrast of different identities, but the backward one who has won the world, which can better prove the legitimacy of Liu Bang's imperial power.

Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that Sima Qian's writing was right, Liu Bang was indeed born as a gangster, and Xiang Yu was a heroic person.

Mainly because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that the characters written by Sima Qian were very reasonable and sought truth from facts.

This was only for his own rule, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expressed that people should believe in their lives, and by doing so, they could control the common people.

When it comes to this issue, we can interpret Sima Qian's method of writing history from two aspects: historical and emotional

From a historical point of view.

1, Xiang Yu was once a hero, and he proclaimed himself the "Overlord of Western Chu", which can be regarded as having a state-owned number and becoming a dynasty of his own;

2. "Benji" is not a criterion for dividing the identity of the character, but only to give the character a position in history, thinking that this character has a great role in history, and the merit is the same as the emperor, and it does not have to be the emperor (at least Sima Qian is positioned like this).

Judging by the author's feelings:

1. Sima Qian sympathized with and appreciated Xiang Yu, a tragic hero, and in terms of personality, he was far greater than Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty;

2. Sima Qian will not shrink and change historical facts because he lived under the rule of the Han Dynasty. This shows the nobility of his personality.

Xiang Yu's inclusion in the "Benji" is, first, that "the government was born by Yu" in the Qin and Han dynasties for several years, and second, that he admires his personality and looks at it for himself.

Sima Qian secretly belittled Liu Bang in the "Historical Records", and personally thought that Liu Bang could be regarded as the most scoundrel founding emperor, but then again, if Liu Bang was not so scoundrel and simply pursued heroism, he would not have been able to become the founding emperor with a great probability.

Sima Qian's record of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in the "Historical Records" is actually not quite in line with people's imagination of the glorious and positive emperors of the past dynasties, on the contrary, in Sima Qian's "Historical Records", people will see a founding emperor who did not have much ability, relying on thick black and scoundrels, and finally established the Han Dynasty, which naturally has Sima Qian's personal anger in it, but it has to be admitted that Liu Bang is indeed a scoundrel, and many of Liu Bang's behaviors are very scoundrels. Compared with the founding emperors in history, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to be the only two emperors without any background of scholars.

However, Liu Bang is more of a scoundrel in history than Zhu Yuanzhang, which is also for a certain reason, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang's own military ability is very strong, and Liu Bang's military ability is not only not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang's, but also Liu Bang's enemy at that time was the overlord of Chu who was trying to pull out the mountains and cover the world, so in the history books, you can see many times that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was chased by Xiang Yu, and even Liu Bang did not hesitate to push his own flesh and blood off the car in order to save himself, and he didn't care about the life or death of his father and wife. Even if the covenant is demarcated, it is not like the actions of an emperor, but more like a scoundrel's practice, but it is precisely because of Liu Bang's rogue behavior that Liu Bang can save his life, defeat Xiang Yu, who is known as the "hero", and finally dominate the world.

I don't think so, because his behavior should be understood from the environment at the time, and Liu Bang could only do this in that era when he didn't understand etiquette.

Liu Bang's throne was in turmoil, and he fought hard to the end. This is not a scoundrel. Which founding emperors were hooligans?

For example, Cao Pi of the Wei State and Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty, relying on the strength and prestige of the previous dynasty, continued to improve themselves, and then slowly stole them, and Li Dai Taozhuang and pigeons occupied the magpie's nest, and he established his power effortlessly. This is rude. There were also Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty and Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, who bullied young emperors, orphans, and widows, and seized the throne in an instant.

This is more rude.

Personally, I don't think so, and I think Liu Bang is really a brave and resourceful person, and it is precisely because of this that he can achieve a career, I am still more optimistic about Liu Bang.

No, if you talk about means and character, I personally think that Zhu Yuanzhang has to be a scoundrel enough.