On the History of Chu and Han Dynasties

Author: Lai Ji Wang Quan Date of submission: 2006-10-110: 57: 00.

1, father and heavy pupil

In 232 BC, Xiang Yu, the most famous tragic hero in the history of China, was born in the ancient State of Chu, that is, the aristocratic family of Chu in Suqian, northern Jiangsu today. His grandfather Xiang Yan was a general of Chu at the end of the Warring States Period, hence the name Xiang. In 223 BC, the Qin general Wang Jian led 600,000 troops to destroy the State of Chu, and defeated the Chu army in Tancheng. Xiang Yan urged the king of Chu to retreat to Lanling, and stayed in the lonely city for ten days and ten nights. Finally, he ran out of ammunition, and Lanling fell. The king of Chu was shot to death by a flowing arrow, and Xiang Yan heaved a sigh, causing a knife to kill himself.

Because there is no record of Xiang Yu's parents in Historical Records, it is regarded as the official history, so there is a legend that Xiang Yu was born in Longfeng and grew up in Longfeng. However, according to the well-preserved genealogy of the Xiang family, the first uncle of the Xiang family is the grandson of his son Boqin. Xiang Yu's grandfather Xiang Yan is the eighth generation grandson of his uncle. Xiang Yan has three sons, the firstborn is Xiangchao, the second is Xiang Liang and the third is Xiangxiang. After super membership, membership is the name of Xiang Yu. Liang, Liu You. Xiang Xiang is Xiang Bo in Tai Shigong's Biography of Xiang Yu. After Liu Bang unified the whole country, he was grateful for saving his life at the Hongmen banquet in Xiang Bo. He named Xiang Bo as the Hou of Sheyang, named him Liu, and was the same as Han Tongzong. Xiang Yu and Xiang Li have no descendants, and Xiang Liang is the descendant of Xiang Bo after the third generation.

-I'm sorry, Xiang Shaolong seems to have nothing wrong!

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According to historical records, as an adult, Xiang Yu was more than eight feet tall and could carry a tripod. One foot of Qin is equivalent to 23. 1 cm today, so Xiang Yu's height is probably above 1.85 meters. Xiang Yu is handsome, and his main feature is his double pupils. The so-called double pupil means that there are two pupils in the middle of a pupil, which is very rare among ordinary people. In the history of China, heavy pupil was regarded as the phase of great wealth and great wealth, and later even became the title of the emperor. Some famous people in history, such as Shun, Yu and so on, are also diligent students. Therefore, when people talk about Xiang Yu, they always associate his legendary life with heavy pupils.

Of course, according to modern experts, the so-called double pupil is actually a cataract! China people are different from saints. Actually, sometimes it's funny. When the nose is high, the barbarians in Europe become nobles. Confucius' true height is nine feet six inches (2.25m, almost the same as that of Yao Ming), and he was born with inverted head, hollow face, ginseng, river eye, estuary, mountain navel, forest back, wing arm, fighting lip, head and.

In addition to his height and heavy pupil, Xiang Yu also has a well-known feature that he is strong and strong! In high school, the teacher told a joke, satirizing the examiner in the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty-the examiner's title was Xiang Yu and Napoleon. This ignorant teacher broke the subject and said: Wang Xiang can carry a tripod, but why can't he carry a broken wheel?

Ding has big and small. In order to show his strength, Xiang gave a "star school" of "Shenmu". He is over 185 cm in height. Even if you give him a bronze tripod half a person's height, its weight is at least over 1000 kg. According to the general reasoning, Xiang Yu, who dares to boast of "breaking the ground", should be really strong.

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Xiang Yu's parents died young, and his uncle Xiang Liang had high hopes for him with a heavy pupil. He was taught to read and write long ago, but as a doorman, Xiang Yu was obviously not interested in dancing and writing. In desperation, Xiang Liang could only let him learn fencing again, but he lost interest after studying for a few days. Angry Xiang Liang blamed Xiang Yu for not paying attention to his studies. Xiang Yu said to him: "Writing can be used to remember names; Fencing can only deal with one person, and it is not worth learning. I want to learn the ability to beat 10 thousand people. "

Hearing this, Xiang Liang was secretly surprised and very happy. He immediately personally taught this precious nephew the art of war. Unfortunately, Xiang Yu just learned a little about the art of war and refused to learn it again!

"When Ji Xiang was young, he couldn't learn books, but he couldn't learn swords either. Xiang Liang flew into a rage. Ji said: "Books are enough to register surnames.

That's all. The sword is an enemy, and it is not enough to learn. We should learn from 10,000 enemies. "So Xiang Liang is teaching the art of war, and he is overjoyed. He knows a little, but he refuses to learn!"

According to Tai Shigong, many researchers in later generations believed that Xiang Yu didn't like studying since childhood, refused to study hard, did things from beginning to end, and didn't require much knowledge, which was an important reason for Xiang Yu's final failure.

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For such an analysis, even for the record of this paragraph of Tai Shigong, the author is skeptical: