Chapter 62 written after

It took a lot of effort to finish writing Liu Bang's biography. Facing this mysterious historical figure, I really want to know how he wins and loses.In the blow of success or failure, survive failure and march towards success. I always thought that Liu Bang was a big loser during the struggle between Chu and Han. Facing Xiang Yu, who was victorious in all battles, Liu Bang almost lost every battle, and finally succeeded through unknowable luck. This has been recognized by historians, novelists and dramatists for thousands of years. Many people believe that Xiang Yu is a hero, and Liu Bang's success comes from his cunning nature and extraordinary luck.

But when I finished writing the struggle between Chu and Han, I was sure that my assumptions were all wrong. In the second year of the struggle between Chu and Han, Liu Bang had already gained the advantage. In terms of combat capability and tactical application, Xiang Yu is indeed an unprecedented genius, a very efficient war machine. In this respect, Liu Bang is far inferior to him. But Liu Bang's business vision and knowledge are much higher than Xiang Yu's. Xiang Yu is a war hero, but he is by no means an excellent manager.On the contrary, Liu Bang is an outstanding management hero.

His situation is quite bad, but with continuous and patient efforts, he can attract outstanding talents to serve him, turn his disadvantages into advantages, and move towards victory step by step. Liu Bang's success was not due to any fluke or luck. He defeated Xiang Yu with only more efforts and accumulated strength than others. In the first Xingyang confrontation, Liu Bang adopted Zhang Liang's suggestion and successfully combined the forces of Peng Yue and Yingbu, and he had already gained the advantage of defeating Xiang Yu strategically. Since then, the population, army, land, food, and supplies under Liu Bang's control have grown larger and larger, while Xiang Yu has shrunk day by day, and victory or defeat has already been decided.

During the long-term confrontation between Chu and Han, Han Xin successfully conquered Wei, Dai, Zhao, Qi and other places, Peng Yue took control of Liang, Yingbu still had abundant contacts in Huainan, and Xiao Hetong had Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and the strength of Liu Bang's camp Already dozens of times higher than Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu's defeat is just around the corner. On the contrary, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang successfully eradicated the princes. Most historians believe that Liu Bang was successful in business during this period. But from a business perspective, Liu Bang, as the emperor, is far less competent than in the Han Dynasty.

As long as you carefully observe the interaction between Liu Bang and the princes, you can see that Liu Bang was not successful. In the end, he was even exhausted and died in helplessness. However, the sequelae of this failure still led to the tragedy of Lu's rebellion, which almost caused the collapse of the newly established dynasty. However, Liu Bang was still quite successful in planning the political strategy of the Han Dynasty. This is an unprecedented creation, which is different from the feudal Zhou Dynasty and the centralized Qin Dynasty. In Xiao He's design, the system of the Han Dynasty is indeed quite in line with China, which has a vast territory and great cultural differences.Therefore, after comparing the history of Eastern and Western civilizations, Toynbee, a master historian, listed Liu Bang as the two most influential historical figures on human civilization along with Caesar in Rome.

Due to the existence of the two of them, the history of civilizations in the east and the west have developed brilliantly and brilliantly. However, Liu Bang came from a humble background, "Bang may be a name that was chosen only after his success. When he was young, he didn't even have a name." Even his date of birth is unknown. Some people think that he was born in 147 BC, which is the 3rd year of King Qin Zhuangxiang, but some people think that he should be born in 256 BC. Therefore, there are different opinions on how old Liu Bang lived. Liu Bang died in 195 BC. If 247 BC was taken as his birth year, he should be 53 years old when he died, and if 256 BC was taken as his birth year, he would be 62 years old.

Some people also used the comparison of the ages of Zhang Liang and Xiang Bo in the dialogue between Liu Bang and Zhang Liang before the Hongmen Banquet as a reference for addressing Xiang Bo, and concluded that Liu Bang and Zhang Liang were the same age and should have been born around 250 BC.If this is the case, Liu Bang was 56 years old. Perhaps even Liu Bang himself didn't know how old he was. Such a wild man with no name, no date of birth, and no identity has become one of the most important figures in human history. How can this be done by luck alone! ?