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We know that a mature politician cannot be a true idealist.

Xiang Yu is an idealist, while Liu Bang is a mature statesman.

Xiang Yu's idealism and bravery may be the main reason why Sima Qian singled him out as the Emperor's Benji.

In the course of Chinese history, idealists are not politicians.

Because the idealistic rules of the game are mostly not applicable to politicians, because politicians do not talk about the rules of the game, and the thinking of politicians will not be mastered by idealists.

Whether it is Liu Bang recorded in history or Liu Bang in film and television dramas, he is actually a "rogue".

What he wants is the world, not face and self-esteem.

But Xiang Yu is not a rascal, on the contrary, he has regarded himself as a nobleman of Chu since he was a child.

Commoners can know the lives of nobles, but nobles cannot know the past of commoners.

So Liu Bang understood Xiang Yu's aristocratic temper, but Xiang Yu didn't understand Liu Bang's thinking.

I'm afraid even if he understood, Xiang Yu would not pay much attention to it.

Xiang Yu has never bothered to engage in petty tricks, and his actions are all aboveboard. Even if he killed Emperor Yi, he would order the King of Jiujiang unequivocally with a piece of edict.

So Xiang Yu will be deceived by Liu Bang repeatedly, but he is more sneering at Liu Bang, because he has never taken it seriously for tricks to win, thinking that it is an act of chicken and dog, and it is shameful to win.

Compared with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang has no scruples about demeanor and dignity, so he has no psychological barriers, and it is easier to achieve success in the world.

However, Xiang Yu was born in a noble family, and he has never suffered any humiliation. He also gallops freely on the battlefield.

Xiang Yu is a bit crazy.

This character determines his violent ups and downs, the ups and downs are like a hurricane, and the fall is like a hurricane.

Wujiang's suicide should be the last place where Xiang Yu's idealism was manifested.

This overlord, who only knows how to wield a sharp weapon, wrote the tragic "Song of Gaixia" at the moment when idealism and reality conflicted: What to do, what to do, what to do." This poem is generous, desolate and helpless, and it is a historical tragedy that has passed through the ages.

"Farewell My Concubine", the most tragic historical scene, has become a literary classic.

Xiang Yu's extreme and distinct personality and personal charm won him the favor of literati.

What's more, there are stories of heroes and beauties who come to make the best lace.

The desperate hero watched his beloved woman die in front of him, and felt pain in his heart.

This kind of pain happened to be the most unbearable powerlessness and tragedy for Xiang Yu in his adolescence.What a blow it is to a hero who cannot protect the woman he loves.

If anyone is the last straw that overwhelms Xiang Yu's inner majesty, it is Yu Ji.

This woman who has always been by Xiang Yu's side has brought great happiness to Xiang Yu, and also made Xiang Yu's footsteps go wrong.

Xiang Yu, an idealist, was not so hypocritical when his uncle died. On the contrary, this time, when Yu Ji died in front of him, his high-spirited head finally lowered, and he finally understood sorrow, understood Helpless.His adolescence was over and his adulthood had come.

After Yu Ji died, Overlord Xiang Yu broke through with his lover's expectations and blessings.

The rapid battle in Dongcheng rekindled his hope of survival. He wanted to cross the Wujiang River eastward, but the words of the Wujiang pavilion chief who stopped the boat on the bank made him understand: Western Chu has not been defeated. It is no longer a real overlord.

After crossing Jiangdong, he can still be king.

However, at the beginning, "I crossed the river with 8000 children from Jiangdong to the west, and now no one has returned. Zongjiangdong's father and brother pity me and king me. How can I see him?"

Guilt, remorse, shame, or self-esteem torment?

Wujiang River is not so much a river as it is a personality line drawn by the Overlord for himself.

Once you cross this line, you are living.However, in order to repay Concubine Yu, to thank Jiangdong's elders, and to defend the honor of "Overlord", he would rather die on this side of the line.

Xiang Yu completed his growth process with a heroic fight, but Xiang Yu's end point is a waste of all previous efforts in the secular sense.

He didn't regret it once, even if it was an obvious military mistake at the beginning, it didn't make him stop and secretly regret it once.

But this time, when he finally felt the pain, the end of his life had come.

Perhaps this is the main reason why Sima Qian was able to write Xiang Yu's Benji.

Here, Xiang Yu may no longer be a person, but a spiritual and ideological sustenance.

This kind of character portrayal of happiness and hatred, and disdain for treacherous villains should be the most ideal picture that Sima Qian, who has been castrated, should see most.

Therefore, through Shiji, what we see is not just Xiang Yu, a young man, but a kind of ideal pursuit and cry.

This kind of pursuit and shouting is the character that the emperor of that era should have.

Xiang Yu's death is in line with his heroism. Xiang Yu's death is not only the ending of fate, but also the ending of personality.

Liu Bang would not commit suicide like this, because that is not the ending of Liu Bang's personality.

Du Mu wrote in "Ti Wu Jiang Ting":
Victory or defeat, the family affairs are unexpected, and it is a man to be ashamed and shameful.

Jiangdong's sons are talented, and his comeback is unknown.

However, if Xiang Yu can "be ashamed" for his "comeback", is he still Xiang Yu?

This is not Xiang Yu's life philosophy, Xiang Yu can only be the highlight of life that would rather stand dead.

With his success, Liu Bang has become a model of a wise emperor who is good at employing people.

Xiang Yu has become a tragic hero with his personality charm.

In the thinking inertia of "successful kings and defeated bandits", Xiang Yu was able to break the routine and not be included in the list of "bandits". This is really the credit of Sima Qian.

Sima Qian put Xiang Yu on an equal footing with the ancestors of the Han Dynasty with a "Benji".

"Historical Records" is the best and most powerful one written in "Historical Records".It was Sima Qian's tribute to Xiang Yu, and it was also a reflection of Sima Qian's own personality.

People of later generations, when influenced by historical records, reread the history of the Han Dynasty, and they will be struck by Liu Bang's villain and Xiang Yu's tragic at the same time.

On the one hand, it is the hypocrisy of the villain's behavior, and on the other hand, it is the daring between the big men, and the eyes are open with anger.

This is really a multiple-choice question, but anyone who can choose Xiang Yu is a personality whose inner idealization is higher than reality.

Those who choose Liu Bang are all personalities whose superficial utilitarianism precedes inner idealization.

Liu Bang won, and the win was not decent, he just won in power.

Xiang Yu lost, but he won in terms of personality charm.

His self-willedness, his mistakes, and his moodiness can't cover up the light of a tragic hero in him.