If Death were involved...

[SPJ]

live to fight another day is also important

you fight

you win and you also lose.

chu ba wang or xiang yu was too proud

he lost his hometown/home village soldiers and was defeated by han xin.

there were fishermen with boats. he may return to his home town by crossing the river wu.

but he was too proud. he always won. he may not accept the fact that he may also lose.

so he killed himself by the wu jiang.

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so the question

brave enough to accept defeat

or brave enough to end one's own life

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as a leader, your life is no longer yours. you have to consider your people and your followers.

on the other hand, yue wang gou jian may taste gallbladder/biles and sleep on firewood

or live in shame but he avenged himself and recovered his kingdom at the end

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the q is

you want to be chu ba wang or yue wang?

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