First, it should be said that it is completely unfair to look at the whole of Xiang Yu's life from the perspective of a loser.

However, whether it is in the long river of past history or on the stage of today's life, what everyone sees is basically just a result, and everyone generally ignores what the process is. Therefore, it has become a common practice to judge heroes by success or failure. In many cases, not many people will study the many events in your life with full patience, trace the footprints of your life, and then give you a relatively fair judgment.

Xiang Yu's tragedy is that he failed.

Although, Xiang Yu's record also has a record of winning 100 battles; Although, Xiang Yu's life was also vigorous and high-spirited; Although, Xiang Yu's body also had the majestic power of "pulling out the mountains and covering the world". However, the final failure caused Xiang Yu to lose his life, and it also made him feel bleak to some people on the color page of history.

Looking back at history and criticizing Xiang Yu, sometimes, I feel a little unbearable. Because, failure is already the biggest punishment for Xiang Yu.

However, we have to say about Xiang Yu. The reason is simple, that is, after reading the pages of history, we need to examine whether we have gained anything from this history. Can we learn the lessons of Xiang Yu? In this way, it seems that reading history is mired in utilitarianism, but in fact, it is not necessarily the case, the purpose is very simple, that is, not to stop thinking. We definitely don't want to promote the chicken-blooded "pseudo-success", and we don't want everyone to be inspired to be Liu Bang, just to see if it can help the improvement of the ego and the openness of life.

That's it, that's it.

When Xiang Yu was young, he first went to learn to read and write, but he was not qualitative and gave up halfway; Then, he went to learn swordsmanship, but he was impatient and dropped out in the middle of the road.

Because of the failure of the book, the adults in the family criticized Xiang Yu, but he himself had a heartfelt word:

Reading and writing, as long as you can draw your own name, writing and reading, as long as you can know your own name, it is enough, and it is useless to learn more. No matter how well you learn swordsmanship, you can only play a role in one-on-one situations, and you can only solve one person's life at a time, which is not interesting. The eldest husband is alive, and if you want to learn, you have to learn those skills that can stop thousands of troops.

When the adults in the family heard this, they felt that although the child had some fallacies and heresies, they could not find a rebuttal. After careful consideration, this kid is really interesting, it is better to teach him some art of war, maybe he will grow up to become an expert in the military field.

The adults in the family happened to be from the army and had a deep study of the art of war, so he began to teach Xiang Yu the art of war.

At the beginning, Xiang Yu felt that the art of war was very knowledgeable, and he was also full of interest. But he didn't learn it for long, and after knowing a little bit about the art of war, Xiang Yu was unwilling to learn it again, and in this way, the study of war was abandoned again.

This is a simple personal experience in Xiang Yu's early years. Guess that if Xiang Yu succeeds later, then his good reputation as a precocious wisdom, prodigy, and genius will inevitably be indispensable. It's a pity that Xiang Yu didn't succeed. So, everybody looks at it in terms of the end result of the unsuccessful one.

Chinese have always had a habit, that is: once a person has achieved some merit, whether this merit is good or bad, as long as this merit has contributed to the person becoming a celebrity, then when later generations write or talk about their people, they always like to add strange, intelligent, special and other strange big tails. When these celebrities appeared in front of the public with their big tails in tow, it seemed to tell everyone:

Look, different is different, celebrities are celebrities.

Many times, for the sake of the gods, and even worse, the birth or early years of celebrities are almost written as Zhiwei.

We must dispel the myth of so-called celebrities and demons.

Actually, celebrities aren't a big deal. Many celebrities, when they were young, were mostly like my generation, they would also pee their pants and have a runny nose.

In many cases, the fame of those celebrities is just an accident of history, and it is really not worth superstition!

Speaking of which, let's take a look at the protagonist Xiang Yu above.

To put it bluntly, when Xiang Yu was young, he was a master who "couldn't do anything":

Reading and learning, giving up halfway, not succeeding;

Practicing swordsmanship, dropping out in the middle of the road, not succeeding;

Studying the art of war is unfinished and wasted, and it will not be successful.

In fact, even Xiang Yu, who was in the limelight for a while, was nothing remarkable when he was young.

In connection with the ending of Xiang Yu's life, he was defeated and killed himself, which was still a "failure".

Nevertheless, I have no intention of criticizing the ancients anymore.

In my eyes, Xiang Yu can be regarded as a failed hero, although I don't approve of some of his killings.

Its correspondence:

In my eyes, Liu Bang can only be said to be a successful scoundrel, although I admire many of his behaviors.

In my humble opinion:

Xiang Yu has no constant sword to write, and there is no constant to conquer the world. His defeat has long been in front of us.

The most contemptible thing about Xiang Yu is that after entering Xianyang, he captured his children and burned the palace room; Slaughtering the city and seizing wealth is really a bandit.

If Xiang Yu was successful in learning swordsmanship back then, he might be able to reduce his anger;

If Xiang Yu was successful in reading and writing back then, he might be able to reduce his tyranny.

Two

In that year, the First Emperor of Qin traveled to Huiji and crossed Zhejiang on the royal dragon boat of the Great Qin Empire.

Chinese have always liked to watch the excitement, both since ancient times and today. This time, Qin Shi Huangdi's outing naturally attracted a large number of curious people to watch from afar and secretly. Everyone is very eager to see the majesty and majesty of the royal family.

The adults of Xiang Yu's family took Xiang Yu to see the procession of Qin Shi Huangdi.

Xiang Yu looked at the huge travel team in front of him, the large number of entourage, the strict order of the royal guards, and the dazzling ...... This unprecedented grand scene made Xiang Yu very envious in his heart.

If you don't have anything to say, that's not Xiang Yu's style at all.

Seeing this magnificent royal battle, Xiang Yu couldn't help but blurt out:

"I can take the place of the guy who is on top of him and sit in his seat."

As soon as Xiang Yu said this, he almost didn't scare the bile of the adults in the family into spitting it out on the spot.

Later, in Xiang Yu's killing career, with the increasing prominence of his military exploits, everyone felt more and more that Xiang Yu's exploits were premonitive, God-given, and heaven-helped, because when Xiang Yu saw the emperor for the first time, what he said was extraordinary, majestic, and had the style of a king.

Historians also made a heavy note about Xiang Yu's words. This pen not only vividly depicts Xiang Yu's personality, but also makes people who read history appreciate Xiang Yu's domineering atmosphere because of this sentence.

In fact, when analyzed in real terms, Xiang Yu said this, and there seems to be nothing worthy of praise.

A stupid boy who doesn't know the height of the sky, when he doesn't know what the consequences are, says a crazy thing, and it seems that there is no need to make a fuss.

Remember the child in Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes"?

Xiang Yu here is somewhat of the taste of a child in that fairy tale. Although Xiang Yu does not have the innocence of that child, the straightforwardness revealed in Xiang Yu's recklessness is also a kind of true expression worthy of affirmation.

Maybe it's because he didn't finish studying, in Xiang Yu's ideology, the kind of decent moral constraints, the kind of cautious philosophy of life, the kind of etiquette and religion of kings and ministers, and the bottom line of laws and orders that cannot be transgressed...... Wait, for Xiang Yu, he didn't care about it, and he didn't care about it. Therefore, Xiang Yu's speech, in addition to being straightforward, there is also a kind of freedom that is not confined.

What the others think in their hearts, no one knows, because they can't say it.

Xiang Yu thought so in his heart, and said so in his mouth.

"The emperor will take turns to do it, and he will come to my house tomorrow", which others dare not think about, or will only think secretly, for fear that others will know; In Xiang Yu, there is nothing to do, you Yingzheng did it, and I did it.

Isn't there a famous saying in Ah Q:

"The monk can move, I can't move?"

Assuming that Xiang Yu had personally experienced the scene of killing Confucian students, it is unknown whether his speech would be so careless.

In addition, from the perspective of social reality, there is nothing unusual about Xiang Yu saying that. Take a very simple example: modern people's dreams of stars, celebrities, and riches...... It's about the same as Xiang Yu's dream of being the emperor at that time! It's just that modern people yearn for a stage with shining lights, a famous background, and a luxurious and flashy life; And Xiang Yu pursues the majesty of the front and back.

Three

After Xiang Yu led his army to occupy Xianyang, perhaps in order to show the courage of a mate, or perhaps to allow the soldiers to loot and take possession of property in the barbaric burning - as a reward for the hardships of his subordinates in the war, no matter what their considerations were at the time, the final result was: "The Qin palace was burned and destroyed".

This result is said to be one of the reasons why Xiang Yu was unwilling to rely on Xianyang to win the world and decided to leave Xianyang.

The Qin people have owned the Qin land for many generations. Qin Shi Huang ruled the world and set the capital of Xianyang. This Xianyang has not only the advantage of military garrison and defense, but also the foundation that the Great Qin Empire has painstakingly managed. When the world is undecided and the war is not peaceful, it must be a beautiful thing that the deer chasers yearn for and dream of at that time.

Xiang Yu didn't seem to think so!

Doesn't Xiang Yu know that Xianyang is in charge of the world?

Could it be that the Qin Palace is ruined, and it can't be repaired and rebuilt?

Xiang Yu led the children of Jiangdong to defeat Xianyang with blood and sweat, but he had no other plans and plans, he just wanted to load his belongings and prepare to return! From this point of view, Xiang Yu really has a bit of a rat eyesight, which is very puzzling.

Actually, there's no need to guess. It turned out that after capturing Xianyang and burning and looting, Xiang Yu left because he "wanted to return to the east again".

Looking at it this way, Xiang Yu is really a little ridiculous, the eldest husband fights the world and runs the Quartet, where can he not be his home? Moreover, Qindi has many advantages that can stabilize the world and calm the country! The so-called "why bury bones in the mulberry ground, there are green mountains everywhere in the world", Xiang Yu is afraid that he will not be able to understand it for a lifetime, which may also be limited by Xiang Yu's mind.

Seeing that "thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will return to Chu", Xiang Yu said again: "Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as embroidering clothes at night, who knows!" ”

This looks like Xiang Yu is really ridiculous, really a little childish! Xiang Yu, who is known as the overlord of Western Chu, said such leaky words, which really insulted the atmospheric name of "overlord".

Guess, according to Xianyang, the idea of conquering the world may have also flashed in Xiang Yu's head, but at this time, Xiang Yu's first thought may be "returning to his hometown with wealth", and the rest are second.

If that's the case, think about it, Xiang Yu is really pitiful and pathetic!

It turned out that Xiang Yu fought hard and sacrificed his life to fight, just to show off his "flower clothes" in front of the villagers and show off his splendid wrapping! As soon as he said this, he really disgraced this hero and made the mediocre people laugh. To put it mildly, this kind of thinking is completely the face of an upstart.

Don't talk about anyone else, let's talk about Liu Bang!

Liu Bang occupies the world, according to Chang'an, his villagers don't know? After Liu Bang pacified the world and established the foundation of the Han Dynasty, he returned to his hometown as the Son of Heaven, and then he would not be glorious? Is his brilliance tarnished?

The people who joked about Xiang Yu said it really well: the so-called Chu people "Mu Monkey and Crown" are really expressive!

No matter how well Xiang Yu wears, she is beautiful, and she wears gold and silver...... No matter how you clean it up, it's just a monkey that imitates a human.

Four

Once, the Chu army confronted the Han army.

The situation at that time was: as long as the Han army went to war, then the Chu army was sure of a complete victory; As long as the Han army does not come out, it can not only preserve its own strength, but also exhaust the patience of the Chu army and consume the grain and grass of the Chu army.

The actual situation of the battle between Chu and Han is well known to the decision-makers and leaders of both sides.

Xiang Yu understood that as long as he tried every means to provoke the other party and let the Han army pour out, then the Chu army could defeat the Han army in one fell swoop and gain the initiative in the war. Therefore, Xiang Yu asked his subordinates to send troops continuously, humiliating and scolding continuously in front of the Han army.

On the other hand, Liu Bang is not a vegetarian. He knew very well in his heart that as long as he stuck to the camp and never went to war, then the Chu army would soon have to give up the attack and find another way out. Therefore, Liu Bang strictly demanded that his subordinates, no matter how provocative, scolding, or insulting the Chu army was, they could not be fooled, they could not go to war, and those who violated military law would be dealt with.

Everyone knows that Xiang Yu is a violent temper, and he is also recognized as an acute person. The situation at that time was as mentioned above: no war was beneficial to Liu Bang, and waiting for Xiang Yu was not good.

The soldiers of the Chu army shouted for several days, and they scolded themselves a little boringly, the Han army was like no one, in the camp, what to do, completely unaffected and interfered with by the Chu army.

Xiang Yu saw that it was not a way to go on like this, and if it dragged on, it would only be detrimental to the Chu army, not only to consume the patience of the soldiers, but also to consume the morale that was booming at the moment. The so-called, it is difficult to gather and easy to disperse, and Xiang Yu has to plan for the follow-up situation.

In order to take the lead and be inspiring, Xiang Yu decided to go out in person and call for battle. He packed up his clothes, brought his weapons, flew on his horse, ran to Liu Bang's formation, opened his throat, and shouted to Liu Bang:

"Hi buddy! You see, if there are many disturbances today, for so many years, the people are not able to live in peace, and the society cannot be stable, this is all because of the two of us, it is better for you to come out, the two of us are heads-up, whoever wins has the final say, don't harm the people of the world anymore! ”

Although Xiang Yu was fighting against Liu Bang, he was very sincere in his words, his analysis was reasonable, and he was not moved provocatively.

Liu Bang is fine, so he won't fall for Xiang Yu's way.

Liu Bang replied to Xiang Yu:

"Brother, I think you better go back and rest, I only know how to use my brain, not how to use brute force."

When Xiang Yu heard this, he was so angry that he was angry, it was really not enough to express his anger!

When Xiang Yu really had nothing to do with Liu Bang. He was emotionally preachy and quietly provocative, and he also proposed a way to settle disputes by heads-up. However, Liu Bang is not a fool, he knows that the man in front of him is a famous man who "pulls out the mountain and covers the world"; After many battles, he knew that the overlord of Western Chu was not in vain; Having suffered many failures, he understood that Xiang Yu's heroism was powerful. Therefore, four or two thousand catties, Liu Bang's simple sentence or two is enough for Xiang Yu to be angry for three or five days.

Think about it, Liu Bang can push his biological children Emperor Xiaohui and Princess Lu Yuan out of the car on the way to escape, so as to ensure that he is not affected and that he can escape smoothly, at this time, in the face of Xiang Yu, who is strong in martial arts, he will not joke with his life!

For this reason alone, the success or failure between Chu and Han seems to have been seen to some extent!

Five

1. Boy's tears

When he was surrounded, Xiang Yu actually cried!

Think about it, Xiang Yu is a martial artist, after countless battles, at the peak of the command, there is half of the country in the difficult fashion, its mighty and hard, and the momentum must be like the thunder.

Who would have imagined that when he was surrounded by a beauties, he would cry to a beauty.

The end of the hero is very pitiful!

The tears shed by this pair of beauties prove that this iron-clad man is also an amorous person, an infatuated person!

Xiang Yu's swan song Zhongyun:

What can I do if I don't die, what can I do?

The black horse followed Xiang Yu and fought for many years, rushing to kill vertically and horizontally, and the credit was not small. Xiang Yu has made up his mind to die, and what he can't let go of in his heart is his war horse. If God doesn't bless people, why should horses be innocent?

Of course, Xiang Yu is most at ease with the beauty Yu Ji.

The black horse is reluctant, maybe he can use it as a thing to prevaricate? But what about Yu Ji? What is Yu Ji going to do? She is a living person, and she is also a lover who has a deep relationship with her and never leaves?

The black horse can't give it up, and if he is ruthless, he will give it up.

Yu Ji can't give up on her, no matter how ruthless she is, she still can't give up her!

I remember that there is a saying in "The Analects of the Township Party":

The stable was burned, and the son retreated to the court and said: "Hurtful? "Don't ask about the horse

Confucius asked people not horses, but he put people first, and he was generous and open-minded about the benevolent and loving people.

Xiang Yu is reluctant to let the horse and even more reluctant to be reluctant, which is the delicacy in his roughness.

In the face of the black horse and the poppy beauty, Xiang Yu's tears revealed more of the love of children when the hero was short of breath.

2. Shirk?

Before Xiang Yu died, he attributed his failure to God, saying that God wanted to destroy him, and people were powerless.

Xiang Yu summed up to himself, he should have thought about it before saying it, and probably it would not be a coping word.

Because Xiang Yu's final outcome is failure, many people look at Xiang Yu as failure. They think that Xiang Yu's summary of himself before his death is a kind of abdication and shirk. The main reasons for Xiang Yu's defeat are listed as follows:

1. Hongmen Banquet does not kill Liu Bang;

Second, there is an increase in the fan that cannot be used;

3. The kindness of a woman;

In fact, these assertions, judging from the results of Xiang Yu's failure, seem to be reasonable, but careful analysis does not seem to be all like this.

First, Hongmen did not kill Liu Bang, and there is still a chance to kill him later;

Second, Fan Zeng is useless, not to mention that others are available, even Xiang Yu himself is also a very strategic person;

Third, if you talk about the benevolence of women, this range is a bit large, not only Xiang Yu has it, but Liu Bang probably has it.

Judging from historical facts, Xiang Yu's defeat really has unfavorable factors. Even if Xiang Yu doesn't use Fan Zeng; Even if Hongmen did not kill Liu Bang; However, if the Great Sima Cao had listened to Xiang Yu's strategic plan, guarded Chenggao, and did not let the Han army go east, then Xiang Yu's defeat would not have been so rapid. Perhaps, Xiang Yu will be able to transport the world in the palm of his hand. This is really something that is unknown!

From this perspective alone, Xiang Yu was defeated by the sky, and what he didn't see was completely self-reproach and shirking.

3. Do you want to cross the river?

Before Xiang Yu committed suicide, he said with a smile:

"Since the sky is going to kill me, what else should I do across the river?"

"I think that at the beginning, I led 8,000 Jiangdong children across the river and traveled all the way west, and today, there is no one left of 8,000 children, I went back alone, even if the parents in my hometown love me and pity me, and still support me as the king, what face do I have to meet the villagers? What kind of face do I have to go to my father? ”

"If I go back with a hard head and a cheeky face, and my father and fellow villagers don't blame me or talk about me, can I be at peace when I'm alone? Am I not guilty of any guilt in my heart? ”

Xiang Yu's thirst for killing is indeed a very hateful thing!

However, current affairs are chaotic, wars are frequent, in such a historical period, in such a social environment, from Xiang Yu's life, Xiang Yu can still be called a hero between heaven and earth.

The remarks or monologues before his death do not lose the spirit of a husband at all, and in addition to reading the sadness, it will also give rise to admirable and lamentable feelings!

If Xiang Yu does not end his life by suicide here and now, then it will be difficult to achieve such an image of a man who has been sung through the ages.

Even if you don't die, how can you see your father? How can you be worthy of this hot heart?

Thinking about future generations, how many people will be able to throw out this loud and loud rhetoric?

Thinking about future generations, how many people will be able to ring this heart-warming iron plate sound?