Farewell My Concubine!

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty left the people in dire straits. Excessive taxes and heavy corvee labor made the people breathless. The world was full of complaints. An anti-Qin storm sweeping the country was quietly brewing. In 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up in Daze Township and shouted the slogan "Princes and generals should rather have their own kind", which kicked off the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty. The wave of uprisings spread rapidly, and the old nobles of the six countries raised armies to respond. The originally unified Qin Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. In this troubled times, two heroes emerged at the historic moment. They were Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Liu Bang, the king of Han. The two people went from being anti-Qin allies at the beginning to opposing sides fighting for the world. They performed a heart-stirring, tragic and heroic historical legend, and "Farewell My Concubine" is the most moving chapter in this legend. Xiang Yu, whose given name is also given by the courtesy name Yu, was born into a noble family of Chu State. His grandfather was Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu State. After Qin destroyed Chu, Xiang Yu fled to Wuzhong with his uncle Xiang Liang. He was tall and strong, capable of carrying cauldrons, and had great ambitions. He had made an oath to fight Qin and restore Chu since he was a child. Xiang Liang is an old tribe of the Chu State and has always been prestigious. After the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, Xiang Liang quickly summoned the children of Wuzhong to raise troops and supported Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, as King Chu Huai and established an anti-Qin armed force. With his extraordinary bravery and military talent, Xiang Yu quickly rose to prominence in the army and became the core force of the anti-Qin rebels.