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Xiang Yan
Xiang Yan was a general of the State of Chu in the last years of the Warring States period. In 225 BCE he defeated a Qin army under Li Xin, but in 224 BCE Qin sent a much larger force under Wang Jian, which crushed his army. He died in 223 BCE as Qin completed its conquest of Chu. His grandson Xiang Yu later led the rebellion against the Qin dynasty.
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