In Wu ( in present-day Jiangsu ), Xiang Liang started an uprising as well and installed Mi Xin as King Huai II of Chu.

Liu Bang went to join Xiang Liang and served under Chu for some time.

After Xiang Liang was killed in action at the Battle of Dingtao, King Huai II sent Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu and Song Yi to lead an army to attack the Qin forces and help Zhao.

However, Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo, who was a close friend of Liu Bang's strategist Zhang Liang, managed to persuade Xiang Yu to spare Liu's life.

Zhang Liang became a temporary advisor to Liu Bang and followed Liu to join Xiang Liang's rebel force.

The following year, Xiang Liang installed Mi Xin as King Huai II of Chu after eliminating Jing Ju.

Zhang Liang's main goal was to reestablish his native state of Hán, so he managed to persuade Xiang Liang to do the same for the Hán state.

Later that year, Xiang Liang was killed in action at the Battle of Dingtao and King Huai II put Xiang Yu ( Xiang Liang's nephew ) and Liu Bang each in charge of an army to attack Qin, promising that whoever entered Guanzhong ( heartland of Qin ) first would be conferred the title of " King of Guanzhong ".

Zhang Liang reminded Liu Bang about overindulgence in sensual pleasures and Liu ordered his men to seal the treasures and move to Bashang to wait for Xiang Yu and the other rebel forces to arrive.

Xiang Yu's uncle, Xiang Bo, was an old friend of Zhang Liang and he secretly warned Zhang that Xiang Yu was planning to attack Liu Bang.

Zhang Liang advised Liu Bang to attend the Feast at Hong Gate hosted by Xiang Yu, to put Xiang off guard and dismiss Xiang's suspicions that Liu was intending to oppose him.

Zhang Liang remained behind to hold Xiang Yu's attention while Liu Bang escaped.

Before leaving, Zhang Liang presented Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng with a pair of jade pieces.

Before parting ways, Liu Bang presented Zhang Liang with some gold and pearls, all of which Zhang gave to Xiang Bo.

Zhang Liang also urged Liu Bang to destroy the gallery roads leading to Bashu during the journey to Hanzhong, in order to reduce Xiang Yu's suspicions that Liu was planning to return and challenge him.

Zhang Liang was still the chancellor of Hán under the new arrangement but he was aware of his precarious position, and cognizant of how Xiang Yu had destroyed his hope of restoring the Hán state.

Due to the lack of proper theatre school at that time, a drama training course was initiated to scout for local Mandarin-speaking talent and ten batches of young artistes were trained Notable graduates of the course include Zeng Huifen, Xiang Yun, Edmund Chen, Terence Cao, Bryan Chan ( Chen Guohua ), Jimmy Nah ( MC King ), Pan Lingling, Huang Biren and Cynthia Koh.

The then Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, initiated another review of Australian gun laws after it was discovered that Xiang had acquired his firearms legally.

While Xiang Yu was away suppressing the rebellion in Qi, Liu Bang led his troops to seize Guanzhong and several lands, including Xiang's capital of Pengcheng ( present-day Xuzhou ) at one point.

Yin Tong, Grand Administrator of Kuaiji ( present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang ), wanted to start a rebellion as well, so he invited Xiang Liang to meet him and discuss their plans.

Liu Zhang then planned a rebellion with his younger brother Liu Xingju, the Marquess of Dongmou, and their older brother Liu Xiang, the Prince of Qi.

Liu Bang then betrayed and defeated Xiang Yu, declaring himself Emperor Gaozu of the new Han Dynasty.

In December 1931, Zhou replaced Mao Zedong as Secretary of the First Front Army with Xiang Ying, and made himself political commissar of the Red Army, in place of Mao.

Xiang Yu styled himself, Xīchǔ Bàwáng (“ 西楚霸王 ,” lit.

It seems that Sima Qian assigned the second part of the reign of King Hui ( starting in 334 BCE, on which date the hitherto Marquess Hui probably proclaimed himself King ) to his son King Xiang, and added King Ai to fill in the gap between 319 and 296 BCE.

Sovereigns styled Ba Wang, hegemon, asserted official overlordship of several subordinate kings while refraining from claiming the title of emperor within the imperium of the Chinese subcontinent, such as its borders were considered from era to era, as in the case of Xiang Yu who styled himself Xīchǔ Bàwáng, Western Chu Hegemon, appointing subordinate generals from his campaigns of conquest, including defeated ones, as Wang, kings of states within his hegemony.

After the demise of Qin Er Shi, the last Qin ruler to used the title Huangdi ( his successor Ziying used the title King of Qin rather than Emperor ), Xiang Yu styled himself Hegemon King of Western Chu ( Xichu Bàwáng 西楚霸王 ) rather than Emperor.

Xiang Yu proclaimed himself " Hegemon-King of Western Chu " and split the former Qin Empire into Eighteen Kingdoms.

In 202 BC, after his victory over Xiang Yu, Liu Bang declared himself Emperor of China and became known as Emperor Gaozu of Han.

However, he then became suspicious of the Li brothers ' abilities, and he killed Li Xiang after Li Xiang suggested that he declare himself emperor.

Empress Wei retained power as empress dowager and regent, and she, while consolidating her power, were apprehensive about Emperor Zhongzong's brother Li Dan the Prince of Xiang, himself a former emperor, and his sister Princess Taiping.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu proclaimed himself " Hegemon-King of Western Chu " () and ruled a vast area of land covering parts of present-day Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangsu, with Pengcheng ( present-day Xuzhou ) as his capital.

Xiang Liang proclaimed himself Grand Administrator of Kuaiji while appointing Xiang Yu as General.

Xiang Yu distinguished himself as a competent military leader and mighty warrior on the battlefield while participating in the battles against Qin forces.

Xiang Yu declared himself " Hegemon-King of Western Chu " ( 西楚霸王 ) and ruled nine commanderies in the former Liang and Chu territories, with his capital at Pengcheng ( present-day Xuzhou ).

Shortly after the death of Emperor Yi, Xiang Yu had Han Cheng ( King of Han ) put to death and seized Han's lands for himself.

Liu Bang's general Ji Xin disguised himself as his lord and surrendered to Xiang Yu, buying time for Liu Bang to escape.

In 206 BC, after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu, nephew of Xiang Liang, proclaimed himself " Hegemon-King of Western Chu " and promoted King Huai II to the more honorific title of " Emperor Yi of Chu ", but he had the emperor assassinated later.

In the Battle of Hongshui ( 泓水之戰 ) against the much stronger and fully prepared enemy, Duke Xiang ’ s troops were defeated thoroughly and he himself was badly hurt.

However, it was only during the reign of Emperor Cheng when Liu Xiang arranged and compiled the poems of Qu Yuan and Song Yu, as well as those of Han poets including Wang Bao ( 王褒 ), Jia Yi ( 賈誼 ), Yan Ji ( 嚴忌 ) and Liu Xiang himself, into the Chu Ci anthology as it is known today.

After Xiang's death, his nephew Xiang Yu overthrew the Qin Dynasty and proclaimed himself " Hegemon King of Western Chu ", while Xiong Xin was promoted to the more honorific title of " Emperor Yi of Chu ".