Xiang Yu was born in 232 BC and died in 202 BC. He only lived for 30 years, but he left a deep impression in history. Speaking of Xiang Yu, we can think that he failed in the struggle with Liu Bang for the world and had to bid farewell to his beloved concubine Yu Ji. Due to the failure of the Battle of Gaixia, in 202 BC, he committed suicide in the face of Wujiang River under siege.
Although he didn't win the world in the political struggle, the reputation of Chu Bawang survived. As a military commander, weapons are indispensable to him. Xiang Yu has three of his most famous weapons, all named after his overlord. They are called overlord sword, overlord bow and overlord halberd, the most famous of which is overlord halberd.
According to legend, this halberd has a spear tip and a blade at each end, which is used to stab the enemy, but it is 5 meters long and weighs 300 Jin. It is difficult for us modern people to just pick up this halberd, let alone ride it to kill the enemy bravely. Really worthy of being the overlord of Chu. Now we modern people are not only taller than the ancients, but also eat more nutritious food than the ancients.
All the functions of the body have been well developed. It is reasonable to say that our physique is stronger than that of the ancients, but why can few people afford Xiang Yu's overlord halberd now? Of course, the weight in ancient times was different from 300 Jin in Qin and Han dynasties, and it is about 170 Jin in modern times. In Historical Records of Xiang Yu, there is also a record about Xiang Yu's figure, saying that Xiang Yu is more than eight feet tall.
Converted to the current unit, it is also about 1.84 meters. If converted according to the ratio of height to weight, an adult male with a height of 1.84 weighs about 75KG. So Xiang Yu, who weighs 150 Jin, can really fight with a 170 Jin overlord halberd every time? When fighting on the battlefield, cavalry will also wear armor with a weight of 10 to 20 kilograms.
Even if Xiang Yu is a Hercules with natural divine power, he can carry a 170 kg overlord halberd and put on 40 kg armor, the horse he rides can't bear such a heavy weight anyway. Even if the horse can barely stand, it can't run and sprint. Even a Hercules born with divine power can't master such a heavy weapon for a long time, which will do irreversible harm to our human body.
Eddie Hall, born in England, is the strongest man in the world today. He lifted a barbell weighing 500 kilograms at the 20 16 world championship, breaking the Guinness World Record. However, after the game, he fainted due to excessive physical load and cerebral vascular burst. Therefore, the argument that overlord chicken weighs 300 Jin is untenable anyway.
There is also a saying about Bawangji in the book "Hegemony between Chu and Han". According to the book, Overlord Collection, also known as Dragon Broken City, is about one foot two feet long and weighs 129 Jin. In Qin and Han dynasties, one foot was about 2 13.5-237.5 cm, and one foot and two feet was about 2.5 meters. One kilogram is equivalent to 256 grams now, which is about 2.5 meters long and weighs 32 kilograms when converted into our unit of measurement today.
This should be the true height and weight of Bawangji, and it also conforms to our human mechanics. Throughout Xiang Yu's life, he was magnificent and heroic. Although he once slaughtered the city (the most brutal of which was the Xiangcheng massacre in 207 BC), he caused countless sufferings: A Fang was burned and ancient cultural books were burned to the ground; Finally, in 202 BC, the battle of Chu and Han was defeated and the god of war fell.
But at that time, he overthrew the rule of the Qin Dynasty and was regarded as a god of war, and in history, he was the only general in China who could be compared with Hannibal. Therefore, all the relevant records about Xiang Yu are exaggerated descriptions to highlight his bravery and invincibility, not to say that modern people are not as good as the ancients.