Xiang Yu

Chinese military leader

  • Fame61.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • China rank#165
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame61.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • China rank#165
  • Wikipedia44.2K
Lived -232–-202, aged 30China
  • Wikipedia
    37 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in China
    #165
    Politicians
  • Era
    -232–-202
    Aged 30
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

He carved up a fallen empire into eighteen kingdoms and crowned himself hegemon over the wreckage — then lost it all to a rival who understood that war is won between battles, not during them.

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Born into Chu nobility around 232 BC, Xiang Yu joined his uncle Xiang Liang's rebellion against the Qin dynasty and earned the title Duke of Lu from the restored Chu king in 208 BC. The next year he commanded an outnumbered force to a crushing victory at Julu against Qin armies under Zhang Han. When Qin collapsed, he divided China into a federation of Eighteen Kingdoms, declared himself Hegemon-King of Western Chu, and ruled a sprawling territory from his capital at Pengcheng. A gifted tactician on the field, he proved disastrous at statecraft — especially after dismissing his adviser Fan Zeng…

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