It is said that the great trend of the world is that long unity must lead to division, and long division must lead to unity. After centuries of conquest and annexation during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the powerful state of Qin, having risen in the west, finally swept away the six states and unified the realm under the First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng. Yet the Qin dynasty did not know to cease its campaigns and let the people recover; instead, it subjected the realm to harsh laws, tyranny, and corvee labor, and so the Qin dynasty perished after only two generations. Starting with Chen She and Wu Guang, powerful rebels from all quarters rose up in arms. Liu Ji, born in Pei, with the support of Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, and others, became a minor overlord controlling a region. He led his troops to join the ranks of Xiang Liang, a descendant of Chu nobility, and fought the Qin army along separate routes with the fierce and mighty Xiang Yu. When the Qin dynasty collapsed, the great hero Xiang Yu proclaimed himself Hegemon-King of Western Chu and dominated the realm. Unwilling to accept defeat, Liu Bang, aided by renowned ministers and capable generals such as Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Han Xin, Ying Bu, and Peng Yue, engaged the Chu army in a final, bloody showdown. The Chu-Han Contention has been passed down through the ages.
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