Names and Titles
- Names:
- Family name: Xiang (simplified Chinese: 项; traditional Chinese: 項; pinyin: Xiàng)
- Given name: Ji (Chinese: 籍; pinyin: Jí)
- Style name / courtesy name (zi): Yu (Chinese: 羽; pinyin: Yǔ)
- Titles:
- "Lu Gong" (simplified Chinese: 鲁公; traditional Chinese: 魯公; pinyin: Lǔ Gōng), translates to "Duke of Lu".
- "Xi Chu Ba Wang" (Chinese: 西楚霸王; pinyin: Xī Chǔ Bà Wáng), translates to "Hegemon of Western Chu", "Hegemon-King of Western Chu", "Conqueror of Western Chu", "Overlord of Western Chu", and other renditions.
- Sometimes simplified to "Ba Wang" (Chinese: 霸王; pinyin: Bà Wáng), which translates to "Hegemon", "Hegemon-King", "Conqueror", "Overlord", and other renditions.
- "Xiang Wang" (simplified Chinese: 项王; traditional Chinese: 項王; pinyin: Xiàng Wáng), translates to "King Xiang".
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