{"slug": "xiang-yu", "label": "Xiang Yu", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182266", "qid": "Q182266", "description": "Chinese military leader", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-231, -201], "span_label": ["232 BCE", "202 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "qin-dynasty", "label": "Qin dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "chu-state", "label": "Chu (state)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qin-state", "label": "Qin (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zhao-state", "label": "Zhao (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yan-state", "label": "Yan (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-gaozu-of-han", "label": "Emperor Gaozu of Han", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -231, "year_label": "232 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu, Chinese rebel general against the Qin dynasty, as well as the later nemesis of Liu Bang in the civil war of the Chu-Han contention (d. 202 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319908071#Births", "title": "232 BC", "revid": 1319908071, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -207, "year_label": "208 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu seizes control of Liang's army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364334903#China", "title": "208 BC", "revid": 1364334903, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Chu rebel Xiang Yu defeats the Qin general Zhang Han in the Battle of Julu and becomes the leader of the rebellion against the Qin dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018864#China", "title": "207 BC", "revid": 1213018864, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -205, "year_label": "206 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu divides China in a power-sharing arrangement known as the Eighteen Kingdoms, with himself the de facto supreme ruler as Hegemon-King of Western Chu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361853494#China", "title": "206 BC", "revid": 1361853494, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -204, "year_label": "205 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu defeats Liu Bang in the Battle of Pengcheng.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361853505#China", "title": "205 BC", "revid": 1361853505, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -203, "year_label": "204 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Han Xin completes the conquest of Zhao and receives the surrender of Yan. He captures the Zhao capital of Handan and defeats Chu relief forces sent by Xiang Yu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115585#China", "title": "204 BC", "revid": 1300115585, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -202, "year_label": "203 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After Xiang Yu fails to persuade Han Xin to remain neutral, Han Xin and Liu Bang launch a five-pronged invasion of Chu. They decisively defeat Xiang Yu in the Battle of Chen and the Battle of Gaixia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325743211#China", "title": "203 BC", "revid": 1325743211, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -201, "year_label": "202 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu, rebel leader against the Qin dynasty and nemesis of Liu Bang in the Chu–Han Contention (b. 232 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278127245#Deaths", "title": "202 BC", "revid": 1278127245, "section": "Deaths"}}]}