Editing Chu–Han Contention (section)

{{short description|Civil war in China (206–202 BCE)}}
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{{infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Chu–Han Contention
| image             = File:Chu-Han Contention.png
| caption           = Territories and troop movements of the Chu–Han Contention
| date              = 206–202 BCE
| place             = China
| result            = Han victory
| combatant1        = [[Han dynasty|Han]]
| combatant2        = {{ubl
 | [[Chu (state)|Western Chu]]
 | [[Three Qins]]
 | [[Wei (state)|Western Wei]]
}}
| combatant3        = {{ubl
 | [[Qi Kingdom (Han dynasty)|Qi]]
 | [[Zhao Kingdom (Han dynasty)|Zhao]]
}}
| commander1        = {{ubl
 | [[Liu Bang]]
 | [[Han Xin]]
 | [[Zhang Liang (Western Han)|Zhang Liang]]
 | [[Ying Bu]]
 | [[Peng Yue]]
 | [[Zhang Er (Western Han)|Zhang Er]]
}}
| commander2        = {{ubl
 | [[Xiang Yu]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Long Ju]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Zhongli Mo]]
 | [[Cao Jiu]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Fan Zeng]]
 | [[Zhang Han (Qin dynasty)|Zhang Han]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Dong Yi (Qin dynasty)|Dong Yi]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Sima Xin]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Wei Bao]]{{executed}}
}}
| commander3        = {{ubl
 | [[Tian Rong]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Zhao Xie]]{{KIA}}
 | [[Chen Yu (Eighteen Kingdoms)|Chen Yu]]{{executed}}
}}
}}
{{Campaignbox Chu-Han Contention}}
{{Infobox Chinese
 | t=楚漢戰爭
 | s=楚汉战争
 | p=Chǔ Hàn zhànzhēng
 | j=Co2 Hon3 zin3-zang1
 | bpmf=ㄔㄨˇㄏㄢˋㄓㄢˋㄓㄥ
 | mi={{IPAc-cmn|ch|u|3|-|h|an|4|-|zh|an|4|.|zh|eng|1}}
}}

The '''Chu–Han Contention''' ({{zhi|c=楚漢相爭}}), also known as the '''Chu–Han War''' ({{zhi|c=楚漢戰爭}}), was an [[interregnum]] in [[Imperial China]] between the fall of the [[Qin dynasty]] and the establishment of the [[Han dynasty]]. After the Qin dynasty was overthrown in 206&nbsp;BCE, the empire was divided into the [[Eighteen Kingdoms]] ruled by enfeoffed rebel leaders and surrendered Qin generals according to arrangement by [[Xiang Yu]], the rebel [[hegemon]]. Due to dissatisfaction among the rebels, a [[civil war]] soon broke out, most prominently between two major powers{{snd}}Xiang Yu and [[Emperor Gaozu of Han|Liu Bang]], who were the rulers of the [[Western Chu|Chu]] and [[Han dynasty|Han]] kingdoms, respectively. Other contending kingdoms also waged war against Chu and Han and among themselves, but these were largely insignificant compared to the main conflict between Chu and Han. The war ended with a total victory to Han at the [[Battle of Gaixia]] in 202&nbsp;BCE, during which Xiang Yu committed suicide after losing all his men in a [[last stand]]. Liu subsequently proclaimed himself [[Emperor of China|emperor]] of the newly established [[Han dynasty]].