周昌在沛县随刘邦一起举义,一路过来,杀过敌,建过功,但与黥布、彭越之流比较起来,不过是小儿科而已。待到汉朝初建,他却照样封侯。如此,就有人说,周昌封侯,凭的不是业绩,依托的是高祖刘邦的人情。其实不然,周昌虽功不显赫,却有与众迥然不同的秉性,那便是耿直、刚强、不畏强权、敢怒敢言。大汉初期,萧何、曹参皆为炙手可热的人物,却也对周昌礼让三分,敬畏有加。如此看来,周昌封侯,未必就没有皇帝更深远的考量。有一次,周昌在刘邦休息时进宫奏 Zhou Pei in Peixian together with Liu Bangyi, all the way over, kill the enemy, built a meritorious service, but compared with Chufu, Peng Yuezhi stream, but only Pediatrics. When Han dynasty was first built, he still succeeded. So, some people say that Zhou Hou Feng Hou, not by virtue of performance, relying on the emperor Liu Bang’s human. In actual fact, although Zhoucong Gong Gong prominent, there are totally different nature, it is upright, strong, defiant of power, dare to speak out. In the early days of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He and Cao Geng were all hot-winners, but they also gave one-third of Zhou Changli’s courtesy. So it seems, Zhou Hou Feng Hou, may not have no more far-reaching considerations of the emperor. On one occasion, Zhou Chang entered the palace during the rest of Liu Bang