![]() There are two accounts of Xiang Yu's family background. Xiang Yu's subjects would sometimes have addressed him as " Xiang Wang" ( 項王 Xiàng Wáng Hsiang Wang Hong6 Wong4), which literally means "King Xiang". Since Xiang Yu's death, the term Ba Wang has come to be used specifically to refer to him. This title is sometimes simplified to " Ba Wang" ( 霸王 Bà Wáng Pa Wang Baa3 Wong4), without the link to "Western Chu". Xiang Yu is popularly known as " Hegemon-King of Western Chu" ( 西楚霸王 Xī Chǔ Bà Wáng Hsi Ch'u Pa Wang Sai1 Co2 Baa3 Wong4), which has been translated as "Overlord of Western Chu", " Hegemon-King of Western Chu", "Conqueror of Western Chu", "King of Kings of Western Chu", and other renditions. Xiang Yu's family name was Xiang ( Chinese: 項 pinyin: Xiàng Wade–Giles: Hsiang Jyutping: Hong6) while his given name was Ji ( 籍 Jí Chi Zik6) and his courtesy name was Yu ( 羽 Yǔ Yü Jyu5). Xiang Yu is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu ( 無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang. He engaged Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, in a long struggle for power, known as the Chu–Han Contention, which concluded with his eventual defeat at the Battle of Gaixia and his suicide. After the fall of Qin, Xiang Yu was enthroned as the "Hegemon-King of Western Chu" ( 西楚霸王) and ruled a vast area covering modern-day central and eastern China, with Pengcheng as his capital. The following year, he led the Chu forces to victory at the Battle of Julu against the Qin armies led by Zhang Han. He was granted the title of "Duke of Lu" ( 魯公) by King Huai II of the restoring Chu state in 208 BC. A noble of the Chu state, Xiang Yu rebelled against the Qin dynasty, destroying their last remnants and becoming a powerful warlord. 232–202 BC), born Xiang Ji ( Chinese: 項籍 pinyin: Xiàng Jí), was the Hegemon-King (Chinese: 霸王, Bà Wáng) of Western Chu during the Chu–Han Contention period (206–202 BC) of China. In the book Records of the Grand Historian 史记 around 94 BC, it says XiangYu had double pupils like the Emperor Shun.Xiang Yu ( Chinese: 項羽 pinyin: Xiàng Yǔ, c. Xiang Yu reblled against the Qin dynasty 秦朝 lasting from 221 BC ~ 206 BC and became a prominent warlord. The third is XiangYu 项羽 or the Hegemon-King of Western Chu 西楚霸王 during the Chu-Han Contention period 楚汉相争, between the 206BC ~202 BC of China. ![]() In the book ShangShuWei尚书纬from the Eastern Han dynasty, between the year 25~220, it says Emperor Shun’s mother got pregnant under the bright light of Dubhe, the brightest of the seven stars that form the big Dipper. During his reign, he dived the land into twelve provinces, dealt with four criminals and in later centuries, he was glorified for his virtue by Confucian philosophers particularly for his modesty and filial piety. The second is Emperor Shun 舜, a legendary leader of ancient China from 4000 years ago and one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It says he observed the characteristics of all things including the sun, moon, stars, clouds, oceans and manners of birds and beasts to create the characters for writing. The story of CangJie was already popular during the Warring States period 战国时期, between the 5 th century BC to the year 221 BC. In Chinese mythology, he had four eyes, double pupils. The first is CangJie 仓颉, a legendary figure from around 4000 years ago that is believed the inventor of Chinese characters. There are many people that believed to have double pupils in Chinese history and mythology and we will talk about three most famous figures with double pupils. The texts about double pupils can be found in history books, novels or Taoism books. Although, some ancient writers in the west refer double pupil as “evil eye”, in Chinese mythology, it is considered as good omen and people who have double pupil are always those who make huge impacts. In modern medical literature, polycoria is known as a pathological condition of the eye characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris. In Latin, it is called “pupula duplex” and in ancient Chinese, it is called ChongTong 重瞳. Double pupil can be traced back to thousands years ago in both eastern and western culture. Today we will talk about people with double pupil in Chinese mythology. ![]()
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