# Xiang Yu

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The Battle That Ended China's First Empire — Xiang Yu's Greatest Victory | Silk and Steel

The Battle of Julu (207 BC) stands among the most decisive military engagements in Chinese history. It marked the beginning of the end for the mighty Qin Dynasty—the empire that first unified China under Qin Shi Huang. In this episode of the Silk & Steel Chinese History Series, Carl Zha and JJ con…

How Liu Bang Outsmarted China's First Empire — The Fall of Qin Begins | Silk and Steel

The Qin Dynasty conquered all of China—but it collapsed almost as quickly as it rose. In this episode of the Silk & Steel Chinese History Series, Carl Zha and JJ continue the dramatic story of the Chu–Han Contention following the decisive Battle of Julu (207 BC). Xiang Yu's stunning victory shatte…

How the Qin Empire Really Fell: The Deadly Trap That Created Imperial China | Silk and Steel

The Qin Empire is collapsing—but the real battle for China has only just begun. In this episode of the Silk & Steel Chinese History Series, Carl Zha and JJ continue the dramatic story that follows the Battle of Julu, where the young military genius Xiang Yu shattered Qin's strongest army and chang…

China's Most Dangerous Dinner: The Hongmen Banquet Explained | Silk and Steel

The Qin Dynasty has fallen, but the struggle for China has only just begun. In this episode of the Silk & Steel Chinese History Series, Carl Zha and JJ explore one of the most dramatic turning points in Chinese history: the events that lead to the legendary Hongmen Banquet (鸿门宴). After Liu Bang pea…

The Banquet Where China’s Future Was Decided | Silk and Steel

The Qin Dynasty has fallen. The rebel armies have defeated China’s first imperial dynasty, and now the victors must decide what comes next. But instead of creating a stable new order, Xiang Yu begins to divide the former Qin empire among rival kings and military commanders. This creates a political…

EP02 — Why Liu Bang Won: The Organization That Survived Defeat

At Gaixia in 202 BCE, Xiang Yu—the most formidable battlefield commander of the civil war—was defeated. Liu Bang, who had lost major battles and repeatedly faced disaster, went on to found the Han dynasty. Why did the apparent underdog win? This episode follows the political and military organiza…

The Battle Plan That Helped Create the Han Dynasty | Silk and Steel

Welcome back to the Silk and Steel Chinese History Series. In this episode, Carl Zha and JJ return to 206 BC, in the chaotic aftermath of the collapse of the Qin Dynasty. The great rebel commander Xiang Yu has divided the former Qin territories among rival generals. He believes he can keep his pote…

Haotian Wu - History as an ambivalent gesture: Farewell My Concubine as a phenomenology of modern Chinese history

Season 9 continues with a recording from our 2024 annual conference, Embodiment and History.   This episode features a presentation from Haotian Wu   Abstract: Can film do phenomenology? The short answer is ‘Yes’. As Heidegger (2001: 59) writes, ‘any exhibiting of an entity as it shows itself in i…

30,000 vs 500,000: Xiang Yu’s Stunning Defeat of Liu Bang | Silk and Steel

The Chu–Han Contention takes another dramatic turn as Liu Bang appears to have the war firmly in his hands.After he breaks out of the Sichuan Basin and rapidly conquers the former Qin heartland, Liu Bang gathers an enormous coalition of forces. With the support of Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Che…

The Han Dynasty: Four Centuries of Chinese Government, 206 BC–AD 220 | Calm Bedtime History

In 202 BC, after defeating Xiang Yu at Gaixia, Liu Bang took the imperial title and founded the Han dynasty. The story begins in Pei County, where a man from a peasant family had once served as a minor Qin official before joining the revolt that brought the old empire down.