Chapter 43 1. Everyone likes to be valued

Everyone likes to be valued, even talent.The so-called talents are those who stand out from the crowd.They need a stage to show their full potential.There is a saying that gold always shines.These words sparkle with the wisdom of philosophy, but they do not conform to the general scientific truth.The light of gold should be reflected or refracted light. If there is no light source, such as in the dark night, can you see the light of gold?That was hell.The same is true for talents, talents can only be reflected when doing things, just as gold needs light source to reflect its unique value. Even the light of a light source is not enough, and if a piece of gold is abandoned in some unknown corner, it is no different from a piece of rubble.So gold needs someone to discover it and use it.To make the best use of people and things means to give full play to the effectiveness and role of people and things.Talents also need to be discovered and appreciated, and Bole is needed.

Troubled times produce heroes, as well as talents.The four-year Chu-Han War was a contest between heroes and talents.In other words, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are not competing one-on-one, but team-to-team.Under their command, each recruited a large number of talents to fight for them and advise them.Xiang Yu had under his command Fan Zeng, Ying Bu, Long Qi, and Zhong Liyan.Liu Bang has Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Cao Can, Han Xin, Chen Ping, Li Shiqi, and so on. Everyone seems to have such a consensus that Liu Bang has many advisers, but Xiang Yu has few advisers (it seems that there is only one Fan Zeng), and in terms of strategy and means, Xiang Yu's side is obviously inferior to Liu Bang's.actually not.The reason why Liu Bang has many counselors is because he uses many counselors.The reason why Xiang Yu has few counselors is because he uses few counselors.In fact, there is not much difference between people. The so-called geniuses naturally have their advantages, such as agility and flexibility, such as broad thinking, such as superior memory, but we don’t need to myth them.There are specializations in the art industry, and a genius is not necessarily an all-rounder. He is good at one aspect, but may not be good at another aspect.The talents under Liu Bang are outstanding, and the talents under Xiang Yu may not be bad. There is a question of how to use them and how to use them.

During the Chu-Han War, there was another phenomenon that talents were not fixed.Han Xin and Chen Ping under Xiang Yu later defected to Liu Bang. Ying Bu first obeyed Xiang Yu's orders, then gradually alienated him, and finally completely surrendered to Liu Bang.The flow of these talents actually reflects the importance that both sides attach to talents, and also reflects the difference in the concept of talents between the two sides, which ultimately determines the success or failure of this war. Let's talk about several talent phenomena in the Chu and Han Dynasties in detail.