Understanding Xiang Yu's character in Historical Records determines his fate.

Lack of overall sense

In the war of hegemony between Chu and Han, Xiang can be said to be invincible and a very outstanding military genius, but his shortcoming is that he is quite naive in political struggle. The four blockades in Guanzhong have always been a battleground for military strategists and developed economy. Besides, the four natural hazards such as Hanguguan are located here, and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It can be said that it is a natural place. However, Xiang Yu did not play cards according to the routine, but gave up this place and returned to Pengcheng, a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, without considering his future.

Extremely emotional and irrational.

Cao Wushang told him that Liu Bang was ambitious and had long wanted to be king in Guanzhong. Hearing this, he had no doubt about who the source of this information was, whether it was true or not, and decided to destroy Liu Bang without knowing it clearly. Then Liu Bang spoke well of him and praised his achievements. After that, he was very impressed and turned around and gave up his plan to get rid of Liu Bang. In the face of outside information, he doesn't distinguish between true and false at all and is prone to prejudice. This is a very dangerous signal, but he still didn't find it at that time.

At the end of the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu was trapped, and the situation was extremely critical and besieged on all sides. What a military genius thinks is not how to get rid of the predicament, how to unite and improve the soldiers' determination to resist the enemy, and how to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the situation to break through here in order to make a comeback. Instead, he easily believed that the Han army had won the land in Chu, so he hugged Yu Ji and sang a sad song, which was completely different from what a military commander who had been through more than 70 wars could do. It really is.