Talk about the evaluation of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu?

It is no exaggeration to say that Xiang Yu is a hero. At the age of 27, he is an unstoppable overlord. In the war to destroy the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu was omnipotent and invincible. "Attacking Tao", "Pulling Xiangyang", "beheading Li You" and "killing", etc., "people were awed", saving Qi in the east and breaking in the west, but in the first battle of Julu, he put all his eggs in one basket and took the lead in winning the key victory. According to Records of the Historian, Xiang Yu was "born more than eight feet, able to carry the tripod and brilliant, although all children in Wuzhong were afraid of it". Liu bang is really a gangster. When he was young, he didn't like reading or working in the fields. He is often scolded by his father as a "rogue".

Later generations have different opinions on the analysis of the success or failure of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and also have many comments on their personalities. Many people think that Xiang Yu is short-sighted, complacent, brave and lacking in wisdom and magnanimous monarch temperament. He thinks that Liu Bang is cunning, cunning and calculating, and is good at attracting others for his own use. Why do Xiang Yu and Liu Bang have such personalities?

Everyone has a self in his heart. In Xiang Yu's mind, he has always regarded himself as a hero and always demanded himself with heroism. Xiang Yu was born in a noble family in Chu. When he was a child, he must have heard of many heroic deeds of Chu generals, and he himself was "able to carry the tripod and outstanding in talent", and he was also a famous soldier, Hou Yi. It can be said that Xiang Yu regarded himself as a hero when he was very young. When I grow up, I have made such great achievements, so many people are in awe, and the image of a hero is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. He turned down the talented Han Xin because Han Xin was humiliated by his leg. He admired the hostile Fan Kuai, because Fan Kuai was brave and generous, and he thought Fan Kuai was a strong man. These two examples show how important heroes are in his heart. But his inner hero is only a hero of force, not a hero with both wisdom and courage.

Because in Xiang Yu's mind, he has positioned himself as a hero, so he doesn't like learning or summing himself up. His talent only stays at the level of leading troops to fight. Moreover, he indulged his emotions, rewarded and punished his subordinates according to his own preferences, and killed people according to his own preferences. He didn't focus on the management of the country, nor did he focus on recruiting talents.

Xiang Yu's life has been smooth and smooth, and it seems that he has not suffered any setbacks. When he experienced setbacks in life, it was the defeat of Wujiang River, and his way to deal with such setbacks was suicide. Although it was a sad ending in a sense, Xiang Yu died heroically. Perhaps in Xiang Yu's heart, his heroic image can't be damaged. He won't humiliate his leg like Han Xin, nor will he plead guilty at the Hongmen banquet like Liu Bang. He thinks his failure is "my death" and God wants him to perish.

Liu bang is a grassroots and a gangster. In his growing experience, he must have experienced too many setbacks. He must have accumulated a lot of experience in fighting with others. Liu Bang doesn't seem to have any classic stories. What impressed him deeply was the White Snake, the banquet at Hongmen, and his symbolic payment of "ten thousand yuan" for visiting Lv Gong and marrying Lv Gong's daughter. From these stories, we can see the courage of Liu Bang, and see that Liu Bang is a man with strong psychological endurance and is not emotional.

Character determines fate, and the stories of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang further illustrate this point.