As early as Sun Tzu's Art of War, there was a record of "burning the boat and breaking the kettle", which also expressed the determination to fight to the death, but it failed to form too extensive discussion. Until the "Historical Records of Xiang Yu's Biography" recorded "Ten Thousand Shipwrecks and Broken Kettle", it told the story of Xiang Yu leading the troops in the Battle of Julu, and gradually became a classic story of later generations.
Chronicle of Xiang Yu is the seventh volume of Historical Records written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. It tells the life of Xiang Yu, the overlord of the western Chu Dynasty, and records his glorious and heroic life at the end of Qin Dynasty.
brief introduction
Biography of Xiang Yu vividly depicts Xiang Yu's tragic and profound life by describing the magnificent historical scene of the peasant uprising and the struggle between Chu and Han at the end of Qin Dynasty. Xiang Yu is not only a brave and invincible hero, but also a violent, brave and affectionate man.
Sima Qian's description in Biography of Xiang Yu shows all aspects of contradictions in Xiang Yu's character in sharp contrast and harmony. There are many authors' comments on some shortcomings in his character, but most of them are heartfelt sympathy and exclamation of a hero. Records in Historical Records are all about emperors. But Xiang Yu didn't want to be an emperor, but Sima Qian listed him as an emperor in this record, which shows his highest respect for Xiang Yu.