Chu and Han contend, Chu is strong and Han is weak, but why did Liu Bang finally turn the tables?

Liu Bang won the hegemony of Chu and Han, not Xiang Yu, a widely admired hero, because Xiang Yu is a hero and Liu Bang is not a hero in the eyes of ordinary people. He is a great politician. Heroes are admired, but they cannot be expected to govern the country, because the roles of heroes and politicians are essentially different.

Of course, in my eyes, Liu Bang should be called a hero, while Xiang Yu's so-called hero is only a personal hero, and Liu Bang's hero is a hero of the whole world. Xiang Yu, the overlord of the West Chu, often learns from his unparalleled martial arts and fearless spirit, but this spirit can only be used to conquer the world, not to govern the country, and it is even more impossible to bring real happiness to all the people. This sentence tells us that Xiang Yu attaches too much importance to his reputation, and it is no exaggeration to describe many of his behaviors by fishing for fame. Let's talk specifically about the reasons why Liu Bang can defeat Xiang Yu in Chu-Han hegemony:

Personality characteristics: open-minded as vs woman's benevolence

One of the characteristics of Liu Bang's character is open-mindedness. For Liu Bang, I can give you all the benefits you want as long as it doesn't interfere with my goal of winning the world. It is one of Liu Bang's principles to realize the greatest respect among people and win-win situation.

Liu bang wants the world. As for territory, rank and wealth, these things are just passing by. As long as you have this world, what else do you not have? For Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu and others, Liu Bang didn't care about the starting price, and he didn't care about the chance to blackmail them. As long as he can defeat Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, the world is under my control. What does it matter if I give them a king or even cede the land? Xiang Yu is different. He is generous and tolerant in some small matters, but he wavers in some big ones and can't make a decision quickly. Seeing the soldier injured, he was moved to tears, but his important generals made meritorious deeds, but they were reluctant to reward him. This fully embodies Xiang Yu's womanhood. How can a person of this character win the world and achieve great things?

Employment: gathering talents vs being independent.

When we pay attention to the Chu-Han War, we will find such an interesting question. In the late period of Chu-Han War, there were more and more people around Liu Bang, and fewer and fewer people around Xiang Yu. There are fewer and fewer troops, generals and advisers around Xiang Yu. By the end of the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu's only adviser, Fan Zeng, had left him, and his valiant generals either died or fled, or went directly to Liu Bang's camp. This situation made Xiang Yu a lonely hero completely, and the final situation of Chu-Han hegemony turned into Xiang Yu's single-handedness against the people of the world. How could he win?

Xiang Yu said before he died: It was not Liu Bang who defeated me, but God didn't want me to win! ? Think about it carefully, this sentence also has some truth. The so-called heaven, that is, all the favorable factors at that time, were on Liu Bang's side. The weather, geographical location and human harmony are not in Xiang Yu. How can Xiang Yu win?

Facing setbacks: never give up vs give up completely

Looking at the war in the early stage of Chu-Han hegemony, Liu Bang can be said to have suffered many defeats and fought many battles, but what is the so-called? A millipede, dead but not stiff? Every time Liu Bang fails, he will make a comeback and become stronger. Although Xiang Yu won many times, they were all small victories, which were not enough to completely defeat Liu Bang or kill him.

Until the final battle of Gaixia, Liu Bang had achieved complete superiority, and Xiang Yu could never defeat Liu Bang again, but it was this only failure that made Xiang Yu completely lose the courage to survive and give up the will to fight. Such a weak-willed person can still be called a hero, which is probably the biggest joke in the world. Xiang Yu's biggest problem is that he cannot accept failure. He can accept countless successful baptisms, but he can't accept a failed arrangement. On the contrary, Liu Bang, it doesn't matter how many times you fail, as long as you can win a key victory in the end. Comparatively speaking, there is too much difference between the two. In my opinion, the real hero is not the courage in victory, but the persistence in failure, Liu Bang's persistence and Xiang Yu's abandonment, which is probably the fundamental reason why Liu Bang won the hegemony of Chu and Han.