Editing Xiang Yu (section)

==Family background==
There are two accounts of Xiang Yu's family background. The first claimed that Xiang Yu was from the House of Mi ({{zhi|c=[[wikt:羋|羋]]}}), the royal family of the [[Chu (state)|Chu state]]. His ancestors were granted Xiang County ({{zhi|c=項縣}}; around present-day [[Shenqiu County]], [[Henan]]) as their fief by the king of Chu and had since adopted Xiang as their family name. The other account claimed that Xiang Yu was a descendant of a noble clan from the [[Lu (state)|Lu state]] and his family had served in the Chu army for generations. Xiang Yu's grandfather, {{ill|Xiang Yan|zh|項燕}}, was a general who was killed in action while leading Chu forces to resist [[Qin's wars of unification#Conquest of Chu|an invasion]] by the [[Qin (state)|Qin state]] in 223 BC.

Xiang Yu was born in 232 BC during the late [[Warring States period]] when the Qin state started conquering the other [[Seven Warring States|six major states]]. According to the descendants of the Xiang family living in [[Suqian]], [[Jiangsu]], Xiang Yu's father was Xiang Chao ({{lang|zh-Hant|項超}}), Xiang Yan's eldest son. Xiang Yu was raised by his uncle, [[Xiang Liang]], because his father died early. In 221&nbsp;BC, when Xiang Yu was about 11 years old, the Qin state unified China and established the [[Qin dynasty]].

Xiang Yu had a [[Polycoria|double pupil]] in one eye<ref name="Shiji, Xiang Yu Benji">{{cite Shiji|7|anchor=項羽|trans-chapter=7: 項羽本紀|lp=1|ref={{sfnref|Shiji, Xiang Yu Benji}}}}</ref> just like the mythical [[Emperor Shun]] and [[Duke Wen of Jin]]. He was thus seen as an extraordinary person because his unique double pupil was a mark of a king or sage in Chinese tradition. Xiang Yu was slightly taller than eight ''[[Chi (unit)|chi]]'', or approximately {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin}}, and possessed great physical strength as he could lift a ''[[Ding (vessel)|ding]]''.<ref name="Shiji, Xiang Yu Benji" />