Epang Palace was never built. How did it burn down?

Abang Palace was not built or burned. The reason why Xiang Yu set fire to Abang Palace was the Fu of Epang Palace written by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Spread too widely, causing misinformation. According to poems and novels, there are many misinformation events, and burning Epang Palace is one of them.

"Chu people razed to the ground" comes from Du Mu's Epang Palace Fu, which is just a poem without authoritative basis and objective description. It was created by the author according to his own imagination, in order to persuade the high-level officials in the Tang Dynasty to learn from the lessons of their predecessors and not to follow in the footsteps of the Qin people. Surprisingly, many people really thought that Xiang Yu burned Epang Palace and began to spread this artistic lie.

In the normal historical materials, the concept map of Epang Palace is recorded. Before Epang Palace was built, Xiang Yu burned Qin Gong. As recorded in Historical Records, Epang Palace was "unfinished". At that time, Ying Zheng, the first Qin Emperor, died, and hundreds of thousands of migrant workers were all transferred to build the imperial tomb. Finally, there was an uprising in osawa Township, and there was no time to build Epang Palace.

Today's archaeological discovery also unearthed Epang Palace. It really has only a huge foundation, no architectural remains or rubble, and no traces of burning. There is no record of the emperor's activities in Epang Palace in historical materials, only a description of the concept map. Moreover, in Historical Records of Xiang Yu, it is only said that "Qin Gong will burn, but the fire will not go out in March". Without Epang Palace, everyone misunderstood Xiang Yu.

In fact, this is not the case. For example, the images of Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang were misrepresented by the novel Water Margin. According to the true records in Qinghe County Records, Wu Dalang is a good magistrate in Gao Fushuai, and Pan Jinlian is also a good family. Both of them are very talented and beautiful. But now most people have the impression that Wu Dalang is short and ugly, and Pan Jinlian doesn't look like a woman.

So many things may have been transformed in the process of circulation. When studying history, don't care too much about time, people and places, but look at the essence through phenomena and the meaning through events.