Unit6LessismoreSectionADoorcloser,areyou?Backgroundinformation1XiangYuXiangYu(232BC-202BC)wasaprominentmilitaryleaderandpoliticalfigureduringthelateQinDynasty.In207BC,XiangYuledtheChurebelforcestovictoryattheBattleofJulu(巨鹿之战)againsttheQinarmies.AfterthefalloftheQinDynasty,XiangYuproclaimedhimself“Hegemon-KingofWesternChu”(西楚霸王)andruledavastareaoflandcoveringpartsofpresent-dayShanxi,Henan,Hubei,HunanandJiangsu.HeengagedLiuBang,thefoundingemperoroftheHanDynasty,inalongstruggleforpower,knownastheChu-HanContention(楚汉之争)thatconcludedwithhiseventualdefeatandsuicideatthebankoftheWuRiver.2theBattleofJuluThebattlewasfoughtinJulu(inpresent-dayXingtai,Hebei,现今的河北邢台)primarilybetweenforcesoftheQinDynastyandtheinsurgent(谋叛的)stateofChu.TheBattleofJulumarkedthedeclineofQin’smilitarypower.In207BC,XiangYu’sarmyadvancedtowardsJuluandsuccessfullycrossedtheZhangRiver(漳河),whichseparatedthemfromJulu,toattacktheQinforces.AftercrossingtheZhangRiver,XiangYuorderedhismentosinkalltheirboatsandbreaktheircookingpots,leavingonlyathree-daysupplyoffoodforeachsoldier.Hewarnedthemthattherewasnowaytoretreat;theonlythingtheycoulddotosurvivewastoadvanceandfight.XiangYu’sboatburningstrategygavehismennochoicebuttodoforwardtofightwithskillandpassion.Afterninelongfiercebattles,theQinarmywasfinallydefeated.ThebattleofJuluwasofcrucialimportanceinoverthrowingtheQinDynasty,andithasbeenknownasthebattleof“SmashingtheCauldronsandSinkingtheBoats”(破釜沉舟).Thisidiomisnowusedtoindicateone’sfirmdeterminationtoachieveone’sgoalatanycost.3behavioraleconomicsBehavioraleconomicsisaninterdisciplinaryschoolsubjectofeconomicsandpsychology,whichstudiestheeffectofsocial,cognitiveandemotionalfactorsontheeconomicdecisionsofindividualsandinstitutions,andtheconsequencesformarketprices,returnsandresourceallocation.Detailedstudyofthetext1Thenexttimeyou’redecidingbetweenrivaloptions,onewhichisprimaryandtheotherwhichisprimaryandtheotherwhichissecondary,askyourselfthisquestion:Whatwould...