Chapter 65 2. Sensibility and rationality

In the Chu-Han War, rather than Liu Bang's military victory over Xiang Yu, it is rather a victory of Liu Bang's character, a victory of Liu Bang's rationality over Xiang Yu's sensibility. The conflict between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang began when Liu Bang entered the customs, and before the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu easily believed Liu Bang's explanation, and then deliberately let Liu Bang go during the Hongmen Banquet. This is all because emotion has the upper hand.Xiang Yu broke the contract, originally out of righteous indignation, but he killed Emperor Yi, he was a little too hasty, just for his own pleasure, but he didn't expect the serious consequences, and he didn't expect someone to make a big fuss about it. After all, Still too sentimental.

As for Liu Bang, he thought that the king of Guanzhong was already in his pocket, but he was sealed to Bashu by Xiang Yu (later he obtained Hanzhong by bribing Uncle Xiang), and he was not reconciled.But he knew that he was not Xiang Yu's opponent at that time, and resisting now would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so he kept his composure and burned down the plank road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong to show that he had no intention of getting involved in Guanzhong in the future.In Liu Bang's heart, there is no day when he does not want to return to Guanzhong, he is just waiting for the opportunity.When Xiang Yu and Tian Ronghuo got together and had no time to take care of him, Liu Bang returned to Sanqin without hesitation, and then went east to attack Pengcheng, directly attacking Xiang Yu's lair.This change in attitude fully reflects Liu Bang's rationality: he will not easily do things that he is not sure of.

In the initial military confrontation between Chu and Han, Xiang Yu blindly attacked, Liu Bang was passive, but he was not disheartened, but slowly adjusted his strategy, slowly turning passive into active, and he has been dealing with Xiang Yu with a rational attitude Sensual shock.In the stalemate stage, both sides were exhausted, and Xiang Yu began to behave anxiously. He actually wanted to fight Liu Bang. Liu Bang was actually very anxious, but he acted leisurely and calm in front of the even more anxious Xiang Yu. Reason overcame emotion.When Guangwu confronted each other, Xiang Yu threatened Liu Bang to kill Liu Bang's father, but Liu Bang remained unmoved, and was also using reason to overcome Xiang Yu's sensibility.During the peace talks, Xiang Yu believed Liu Bang credulously, and finally was bitten by Liu Bang. This is another form of rationality and sensibility.

As the saying goes: A little intolerance will lead to chaos and big plans.Han Xin is willing to suffer the humiliation of his crotch, these words have now become a good medicine for people to bear the blow, and when they are frustrated and lonely, they take it out to comfort themselves.But how many people in the world can truly accept the humiliation of their crotch?Xiang Yu can't, he is an emotional person, he will not compromise, and he never considers the consequences, he only wants to enjoy the present.What he insists on is that he would rather die standing than live on his knees.This is the demeanor of a general, not the demeanor of a king.A real king will never show off his bravery for a while.Liu Bang doesn't show off his bravery, he knows how to endure, he will consider the consequences, he will carefully analyze the pros and cons, and finally make a judgment that is beneficial to him.In order to get out of the predicament, he can run away with urine or make up to escape.He knew that a temporary defeat meant nothing, and the one who had the last laugh was the strong one.

It's like playing chess, some people can see three moves, and some people can see five moves.Emotional people will be limited by the current emotion or situation when dealing with things, and their eyes will stay within three steps; rational people look at the result, the final win or loss, and their eyes are already five steps away, so they will of course transcend the immediate difficulties game over.People who are emotional first, have feelings and loyalty, but they will never be an excellent politician.Because there are too many emotional things, it will occupy the space of rationality, which is a taboo for politicians.

For a long time, Xiang Yu's sensibility has always been under the cover of Liu Bang's rationality, breeding and spreading, letting Liu Bang lead him by the nose, and nibble away bit by bit.In the end, all of Xiang Yu's sensibility was aroused, and on the bank of the Wujiang River, he did the last and most emotional thing in his life: to end his own life. Xiang Yu killed himself in Wujiang, explaining to himself that he had no face to face Jiangdong's elders.In fact, this is just his own idea, his subordinates don't think so, and Jiang Dong's elders don't think so either.Victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists, no one will be a victorious general, this is not a big deal, nor is it a hurdle to overcome.They don't want to see Xiang Yu end himself in such a tragic way. They still need Xiang Yu who is "powerful and powerful", and Xiang Yu who is full of domineering and majestic.But Xiang Yu didn't take their feelings into consideration, he just wanted to have an explanation for himself.And this kind of explanation is just to give my soul a little comfort.

Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and was embraced as emperor by his subordinates. Once, a celebration banquet was held in Nangong, Luoyang. During the banquet, Liu Bang recalled the past and looked forward to the future, so he asked everyone: Why did he win the world while Xiang Yu lost it.When there was a topic, the courtiers were excited for a while, and flattered Liu Bang one after another, but they had a common understanding of their temperaments, that is: "Pei Gong is slow and insulting, Xiang Wang is benevolent and loving." Everyone said that, and they were in front of Liu Bang. It can be seen that this statement is true, and Liu Bang himself agrees.The attitude towards people is actually the embodiment of a person's character.Liu Bang is casual, so naturally he will not put emotion first, so he will be very rational in his performance; Xiang Yu treats people sincerely, which shows that he is emotionally involved in interacting with people, and his behavior is naturally very emotional.

Whether perceptual or rational, it is an overall grasp of a person's temperament.In fact, human nature cannot be so clearly defined.Emotional people also have a rational side, and rational people also have an emotional side, but to different degrees.Only the emotions expressed when a person is completely relaxed or strongly stimulated are the truest emotional expressions of this person.This kind of emotion is usually not easy to be noticed, because life is extremely difficult to be as flat as water, and there are very few ups and downs, so the chances of these two situations appearing are not many.Not many, but eventually there will be.Fortunately, both Xiang Yu and Liu Bang have experienced these two situations.The two poems that best reflect their state of mind at that time are their respective poems: "Song of Gaixia" and "Song of the Great Wind".From it, we can not only see their minds, ideals and aspirations, but also the essential difference in their temperament, which can be called the swan song of the two lives.