Xiang Yu (項羽) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiang Yu was a ruler and Warlord.

BC 204 漢三年秋
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 31
BC 206 漢王與項王力西面擊秦，約先入咸陽者王之
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 54
BC 205 項王遷殺義帝
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 56

Kinship Role Xiang clan members · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 62

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 31, 38
Organization Xiang clan 項氏 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 62

Attacked Han and captured Xingyang
BC 204 漢三年秋 · Military · Commander · At Xingyang 滎陽
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 31
Attacked Qin from the west
BC 206 漢王與項王力西面擊秦 · Military · Co commander · With Liu Bang (漢王) · At Qin 秦 · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 54
Broke agreement and made Han king in Hanzhong
Political · Breaker of covenant · With Liu Bang (漢王) · At Hanzhong 漢中 · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 55
Relocated and killed
BC 205 項王遷殺義帝 · Political · Perpetrator · With Righteous Emperor (義帝) · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 56, 59
Relation Rival of · Person Liu Bang (漢王)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passages 40, 54

Assessment broke agreements and bore the burden of killing the Righteous Emperor · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 59
Assessment gave no rewards for victories and no enfeoffments for captured cities · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 61
Assessment hoarded booty without distributing rewards; the realm rebelled and worthies would not serve him · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 64
Assessment only Xiang clansmen could hold authority under him · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 62
Assessment remembered no merits and forgot no faults · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 60
Item seals 印 · Relation Had carved but would not grant · Mode quotation Speaker Li Sheng (酈生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 63

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 97Biographies of Li Yiji and Lu Jia · 5 passages