It is said that Xiang Yu is from Xiangcheng, Henan, and Yu Ji is from Yucheng, Henan. Is that so?

This issue is not purely fake, but actually very elegant. Let's take a concrete look.

Let's look at Xiang Yu first

Xiang's gens are all Chu nobles, which goes without saying, as pointed out in Historical Records of Xiang Yu:

Xiang Jia is famous in Chu.

Moreover, at the beginning of Biography of Xiang Yu, he explained the origin of Xiang Yu:

Ji Xiang, the next phase, the word feather.

The next photo is Xiang Yu. Where is the next photo? It is today's Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. So Xiang Yu's native place is Suqian, there is no doubt about it.

But now there is a saying that Xiang is not a Chu, and Xiang Yu's ancestral home is not in Xia Xiang, but in Xiangcheng, Henan today.

This statement is also groundless, not groundless. Why? Because of a sentence in Biography of Xiang Yu, which sentence? It is the following sentence:

Xiang surnamed Xiang, because it is General Chu, was sealed in Xiang.

This sentence clearly tells future generations that Xiang Yu's ancestors were sealed in Xiang, so where is Xiang's position? The answer lies between shenqiu county and Xiangcheng today.

As for Guo Xiang, many ancient documents in China are also recorded. After cutting Zhou, divide the world. At that time, King Wu had a younger brother named Ji Gu, and King Wu made him a viscount, and his fief was in Guo Xiang. Later, the descendants took the fief as their surname, and the item came from this.

So how did Xiang's family become a noble in Chu? Let's look at a record about Guo Xiang in Zuo Zhuan:

(17 years in Lu Xigong). Huai's meeting, serving the public and princes, did not return, but took its item. Qi people think that begging is to stop people.

The above record means that it was later destroyed by Lu, and then by Chu, so the territory was included in the territory of Chu, and it made sense for the family to move to Chu.

According to this idea, let's take a look at this passage in Historical Records:

Wang () called the matter of contemplation because he thought it was a general; Xiang Yu was the second general, and Fan Zeng was the last general to save Zhao.

This happened before the Battle of Julu, when Zhang Han, the general of Qin, killed Xiang Liang, defeated Zhao and surrounded him with Julu. At this time, the world is in the crisis of anti-Qin, so the main force of the world rebel army named Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng as generals to help Zhao. In this packet, Xiang Yu was also named Duke Lu.

As we all know, "Duke Lu" was the title of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and Xiang Yu was a native of Chu, so why did Chu Huaiwang name him "Duke Lu"? Does this mean that the Xiang family is really not a noble born and raised in Chu, but a primitive state from Lu?

Let's take a look at Yu Ji again

There are few historical records about Yu Ji, including his name, age, date of birth, native place and so on. Even there are few stories about Xiang Yu, so there is no way to talk about where Yu Ji came from.

At present, the mainstream view about Yuji's birthplace is that Yuji is from Yanji, Shuyang. Where is Shuyang? Shuyang is a county under the jurisdiction of Suqian today, so if Yuji is also from Suqian, it will be more meaningful for her to meet Xiang Yu.

However, there are many different views about Yuji's birthplace. The most attractive thing about history is that if the historical records are unknown, it will be full of uncertainty and give people all kinds of wild speculations. Just like that, "Yu" can also be a surname. Dayu was the son of Shun, and now he moved to Yucheng, Henan Province. This is also the origin of the name "Yucheng", so it seems understandable that "Yu" comes from this statement. However, in Changshu, Jiangsu today, it seems reasonable that Yu Ji was born in Changshu because there is a Yushan Mountain, also referred to as "Yu" or "Yucheng", which is one of the evidences that many people think that Yu Ji is a Changshu person today.

Considering the geographical location, compared with Yucheng, Henan Province, it should be more reasonable and convincing for Yuji to be born in Suqian or Changshu.