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Xiang Bo
Xiang Yu's uncle who warned Zhang Liang before Hongmen and drew his sword to shield Liu Bang during the banquet
Mural of the event “Hongmen Banquet”, which this person took part in.
On the eve of Qin's collapse, Liu Bang entered Guanzhong first and accepted the surrender of King Ziying of Qin, infuriating Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu camped four hundred thousand troops at Hongmen, intending to annihilate Liu Bang's faction in one stroke.
Also known as Xiang Chan · Liu Bo · Marquis of Sheyang
- Roles
- Statesman / Official
Personal name Chan, courtesy name Bo, uncle of Xiang Yu and Left Minister of Chu. Grateful to Zhang Liang for saving his life years earlier, he secretly alerted Zhang Liang before Hongmen. During the banquet, seeing Xiang Zhuang's assassination attempt, he rose to dance with drawn sword and shielded Liu Bang. After the Han was founded, he was granted the imperial surname Liu and made Marquis of Sheyang.
Life and times
- c. 245 BCEBorn
Zhou
Qin
Han - 206 BCEHongmen Banquet
Took partAt the Hongmen banquet, Fan Zeng pressed Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang, but Liu escaped and resumed the struggle for Guanzhong.- Feast at Hongmen ConfrontationFan Zeng plotted to kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen feast, but Fan Kuai intervened, allowing Liu Bang's escape.
- Feast at Hongmen Confrontation
- 192 BCEDied
