Why defend Xiang Yu s brutality

You should ask the experts!

Xiang Yu can't even face failure, how can he assume the throne? How do you achieve great things? Heroes can bend and stretch! So I think Xiang Yu is not a hero.

At the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Yu did not kill Liu Bang not because he was "unbearable", but because he decided not to kill him after considering many aspects. There are three reasons for not killing. First of all, Xiang Bo leaked the empty military plane to Zhang Liang, and Liu Bang escaped wittily; The second is that Liu Bang took the lead in entering the Guanzhong region, practicing the division of benevolence and righteousness, and then went out of the city to station in Bashang, and took the initiative to give way to Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu just killed more than 200,000 prisoners of the Qin State, if Liu Bang was killed at this time, he would lose the hearts of the people; The third is that after Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fight, the vassal states may not help him, and he is not sure of victory.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, a situation of secession between Chu and Han led by Xiang Yu and Liu Bang was formed. Liu Bang took advantage of the time when Xiang Yu and the Qin army were inextricably linked, and took the lead in entering the customs, and was praised by the local people. Not only that, Liu Bang also took the initiative to withdraw from Xianyang City, stationed in Bashang, and took the initiative to let Xiang Yu be the king of Guanzhong.

On the other hand, Xiang Yu, although he has a lonely and brave imitation of Hong Blind, but he likes to go his own way, he killed nearly 200,000 prisoners of Qin, if he kills Liu Bang at this time, it will definitely lose the hearts of the people. Moreover, at the Hongmen banquet, Liu Bang already knew the news that Xiang Yu wanted to kill him, so he escaped by urine.

But there is also the most critical factor, that is, among the hundreds of thousands of troops on Xiang Yu's side, only a few hundred thousand of his own soldiers obey his orders, while the others obey the orders of all princes. To put it bluntly, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's power at that time was comparable, if he really started a war with Liu Bang, the vassal states on his side would definitely wait and see and not come to the rescue, he had no certainty of victory, so Xiang Yu thought twice before deciding not to kill Liu Bang in the Hongmen banquet.

As for not killing Liu Bang in the Hongmen banquet, whether it was the most correct decision Xiang Yu made after entering the customs, it is unknown, after all, Xiang Yu was besieged by Liu Bang in the end, Yu Ji committed suicide, and Xiang Yu finally killed himself in Wujiang, all of this, did Xiang Yu not regret it, it should be regretted, after all, his biggest enemy is not Liu Bang.

No, it was because he did not study writing and the art of war seriously when he was a child, which led to the defeat of Liu Bang in the Chu-Han War.

No, not absolutely, people like him is his spirit.

Sima Qian's Historical Records. Xiang Yu Benji" is extremely well written, portraying a flesh-and-blood tragic character --- Xiang Yu. He focused on three major events in Xiang Yu's life:

First, this is the highlight of Xiang Yu's life. The second is the Hongmen Banquet, which is the turning stage of Xiang Yu's strength from strong to weak, and his woman's kindness made him misplace Liu Bang, laying the groundwork for the tragic fate behind. The third is the siege of Xiaxia, which is the most tragic and tragic moment in Xiang Yu's life, embattled, farewell to his concubine, and so on.

In any case, for Xiang Yu, Sima Qian did not judge the hero by success or failure, but gave him deep sympathy and appreciation.

For such a tragic figure as Xiang Yu, it has also aroused discussions among many poets in later generations. Here are three of the most famous poems about Xiang Yu. One of them is the late Tang Dumu's "Wujiang Pavilion":

The victorious and defeated soldiers are unexpected, and they are men who are ashamed and ashamed. The children of Jiangdong are talented, and their comeback is unknown. Du Mu believes that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and they must endure humiliation and bear the consequences of defeat, and the children of Jiangdong have many outstanding talents.

This is Du Mu's idea. But in the Song Dynasty, people paid more attention to it and put forward different views on it. The second is Wang Anshi's "Wujiang Pavilion with Overlapping Titles":

The fatigue of a hundred battles is mourned, and the Central Plains is defeated and it is difficult to return. Although the children of Jiangdong are here now, they are willing to make a comeback with the king. Wang Anshi thought that this defeat had greatly damaged the vitality of Xiang Yu's army, and it was not as good as before.

Moreover, it is unknown whether the children of Jiangdong are still willing to make a comeback with Xiang Yu, so Xiang Yu will fail in the end. And in the Song Dynasty, there were different views. Third, Li Qingzhao's "Summer Quatrain":

Life is a hero, and death is also a ghost. So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong. Li Qingzhao warmly praised Xiang Yu's refusal to cross Jiangdong, and felt that this was very daring.

Such praise may be related to the environment of the times in which Li Qingzhao lives. Although the Song Dynasty prospered economically, its national strength declined. In the face of the invasion of foreign enemies, they will only blindly tolerate it.

Therefore, Li Qingzhao, as an outstanding female lyricist of a generation, how she hopes that there will be a hero like Xiang Yu in this era, who will be the dragon master of the people when she is alive, and she can also become a hero of the ghosts after she dies. This is the desire and praise of heroes.

All in all, these three poems analyze Xiang Yu's refusal to cross Jiangdong from different angles, and Du Mu starts from his personal qualities and believes that Xiang Yu should be ashamed and make a comeback. Proceeding from the current situation, Wang Anshi believes that a comeback is unlikely. Li Qingzhao wrote from the realm of life, praising Xiang Yu's spiritual realm and praising his heroic qualities.

Anyway, Xiang Yu, this character impresses us deeply, I don't know what everyone thinks of Xiang Yu?

In 206 BC, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang agreed that the one who entered the Guanzhong region first would be the king, Xiang Yu thought that he had ten times more troops than Liu Bang, and he was not worried that Liu Bang would enter Xianyang first. In order to achieve this goal, Xiang Yu quickly pacified the area north of the Yellow River, and then led the armies of various princes into Guanzhong. However, before this incident, the officers and soldiers in the princes' army, who had previously served as conscripts for the Qin people, had mistreated them when they passed through the Guanzhong area, and they held a grudge.

Later, Zhao Gao killed Hu Hai, and after Zhang Han led the Qin army to surrender to the princes' army, the officers and soldiers of the princes' army took advantage of the situation to treat the Qin officers and soldiers as slaves and prisoners, and insulted the Qin officers and soldiers at will.

The Chu army attacked south of Xin'an City and buried more than 200,000 Qin soldiers alive.

Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go at the Hongmen banquet, undoubtedly to help Zhao Guo avenge it. It will also hurt Xiang Yu himself in the future. And after letting go of Liu Bang, Xiang Yu's army has been losing.

Xiang Yu did something, invisibly to help Zhao Guo avenge, why? Because. I don't know why, because I haven't seen it.

Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin troops, which can be regarded as revenge for Bai Qikeng's killing of 400,000 Zhao troops that year.

At this time, Xiang Yu.

In fact, it has taken control of the political power of the whole country. But he didn't know how to consolidate his own power and how to build a unity.

1. A strong and prosperous country is reckless in its own self-reliance. He burned and killed the soldiers of the Xianyang Column Bench Brigade and plundered treasures; He made his own assertions, divided the land and divided the king, divided 18 princes and kings, and proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Chu.

Build the capital of Pengcheng. present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu), forming a feudal secession; He not only killed Prince Ying of Qin, but also killed King Huai of Chu (Emperor Yi). These practices made Xiang Yu lose the support of the people, and at the same time sowed the seeds of disaster for the new secession and chaos.

First of all, figure out what is"The kindness of a woman"。Compared with the "benevolence" advocated by Confucianism, the "benevolence of women" cannot be regarded as "benevolence".

Benevolence, simply put, is the consciousness and behavior of people to think about the public and seek the happiness of members of society. At the same time, it is related to the ability to measure and insight. The words and deeds of benevolent people are beneficial to all sentient beings.

Thought question: 1 person on one side, 100 people on the other, and in distress at the same time, you can only be on one side, how can the benevolent person be saved?

Come back and continue to talk about it, Xiang Yu is selfish. "Historical Records of Xiang Yu Benji" wrote that when Xiang Yu proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Chu, he thought that "wealth and nobility do not return to their hometowns, such as brocade clothes walking at night". For the peace and happiness of the people in the world, it was not Xiang Yu's motive to raise troops. Revenge, personal wealth is.

Not to kill a Fan Xu, it is "unbearable", it is a warrior who has something in common with him and respects him (Fan Hao called Xiang Wang, and the dialogue was also based on his own misunderstanding, which did not offend Xiang Yu's self-esteem).

If you don't kill the Liu Gang, it's also "unbearable". A heroic man crouching at his feet, there is really no reason to kill him. Kill Liu Bang, and your worldview will be confused - who should be killed, or who should not be killed.

In fact, Xiang Yu is incapable of making judgments, that is, he lacks knowledge. Alienating Fan Zeng and ignoring Han Xin is insufficient.

The "kindness of a woman" is actually "unbearable", unable to resist her own animal feelings. Whether to kill or not to kill is not a measure of "benevolence". When Confucius served as the secretary of the Lu State, he killed Shao Zhengmao, who had not committed a crime, and it cannot be said that Confucius was unkind.

In the face of 200,000 soldiers, Xiang Yu has no ability to understand and control it from the military level, as well as from the political and moral levels. So choose the most worry-free method.

I guess that when the pit was killed, Xiang Yu must not have dug the pit and filled the soil with his own hands, but waited far away or simply in the big tent, he didn't hear those heart-rending cries, and he didn't see those frightened and desperate eyes. "200,000" is just a number, not to mention "Qin Bing".

A true benevolent person has a sense of responsibility, a heart of reverence and humility, wisdom, a high degree of unity between words and deeds, and bravery.

Cruelty is the means of dealing with the weak.

In any case, the massacre of the city is indefensible! But it is true that it is wrong to slaughter the city, but why is it right for others to slaughter the city now, but Xiang Yu is wrong to slaughter the city? Liu Bang also has a record of slaughtering the city, why the world has forgotten, Li Shimin has also slaughtered, it is the same, this is very unfair to Xiang Yu, because from the slaughter of the city, there are many people who are more powerful than Xiang Yu slaughtering, and Xiang Yu slaughtering the city only has two points that can not be attacked for a long time and rebelled against the city, which is also one of the means of the troubled times, if the slaughter of the city is a crime, then I want to say that the founding emperors of the past dynasties are guilty, and there are countless more serious than Xiang Yu, why Xiang Yu slaughtered the city became a crime "crime" The reason for Xiang Yu finally failed, If Xiang Yu had won that year, I think it would have been Liu Bang instead of Xiang Yu who would have been guilty!

Either Caesar or nothing! If the landlord wants to defend himself; It can only be said that it was a troubled time at that time, and it was a last resort. Please refer to it.

Because he jumped into the Wujiang River. Hehe!

Just because of the song "Farewell My Concubine".