Hongmen Banquet is an important and wonderful text in Biography of Xiang Yu. It tells the story that after Xiang Yu and Liu Bang joined hands to destroy the State of Qin, Fan Zeng saw that Liu Bang had the heart to dominate the world, so he held a banquet with hidden dangers to get rid of Liu Bang. Finally, with the help of Sean, Xiang Bo and Fan Kuai, Liu Bang escaped from Chuying. Many characters are very distinctive, and vivid characters have always been praised. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, the leaders of the two military groups, have their own styles. The strategists of Fan Zeng and Sean, the two opposing camps, also have their own merits. Especially, Fan Kuai, a "hero" with sharp hair and torn eyes, whose rude behavior of drinking and eating meat condemned Xiang Yu in aggressive and well-founded terms is even more amazing.

According to the development of the story, the hongmen banquet can be divided into three stages. That is, the "unexpected" pre-banquet stage, "nervous" banquet stage and "embarrassing" ending stage. Fan Kuai broke the account in the second stage, when Liu Banglai negotiated with Xiang Yu and Wang was drinking with him. The contradiction between the two sides tends to ease. Fan Kuai's brief introduction, Fan Zeng's sword-dancing incident made the banquet situation tense again, which led to Fan Kuai's behind-the-scenes debt and pushed the plot to * * *. Can be described as twists and turns, adding fuel to the fire. Let's look at the original text:

So Sean went to the military gate to see Fan Kuai. Fan Kuai asked, "What's the matter today?" Liang said, "This is urgent! Today, Xiang Zhuang has drawn his sword, which means that he is always Pei Gong. " Moo: "This is urgent! I invite you to come in and share my life. " Kuang entered the military gate with a sword and shield. The guards who turned in the halberd couldn't stop. Fan Kuai swung his shield with a bang, and the guards fell to the ground, rushed in with a bang, draped the curtain and stood in the west. Visually, Wang Xiang's hair is up and his eyes are chapped. Wang Xiang pressed his sword and said, "Who is the guest?" Sean said: "It is also possible for Pei Gong to participate in Fan Kuai." Xiang Wang said, "Strong man, give me wine." Then fight with wine. Thank you. Get up and drink right away. Wang Xiang said, "Give it a shoulder." Then I will bear this burden with my life. Fan Kuai threw the shield on the ground, shouldered it, drew his sword and spat it out. King Xiang said, "Warriors! Can you drink again? " Fan Kuai said, "I don't want to avoid death, so I drink my wine and quit! Her husband, King Qin, has the heart of a tiger and a wolf. If you can't kill, you are afraid of being punished, and the world is rebellious. Chu Huaiwang made an agreement with all the generals:' The one who first breaks the Qin Dynasty and enters Xianyang is king.' Today, Pei Gong first broke the Qin Dynasty and entered Xianyang, but he dared not go near. He closed the palace and returned to the army to wait for the arrival of the king. Therefore, people who will keep the customs should be prepared for him to steal in and out. If you work hard and get high grades, you won't be rewarded, but listen to the details and want to punish those who have made meritorious deeds. This is the continuation of the Qin dynasty, and stealing is king. King Xiang did not answer and said, "Please sit down." "Fan Kuai is a good teacher.

This is the most wonderful passage in The Hongmen Banquet, introducing Fan Kuai. Through the description of Fan Kuai's words and deeds, a frank, brave, loyal and generous image stands out. Even Wang Xiang praised him as a "strong man" and asked, "Can a strong man still drink?" I don't know this question, but Fan Kuai, a butcher, first said: I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of drinking. Then he preached a sermon. Sima Qian recorded Fan Kuai's words in detail.