Eat the bitterest of hardships, and the position is superior to others. In 496 BC, King Helu of Wu sent troops to attack the country of Yue, but was defeated by the country of Yue. Helu was also seriously injured and died. Helu asked Wu Zixu to choose his successor. Wu Zixu only loved Fu Chai, so he chose him as king. Afterwards, Gou Jian heard that Wu State was planning to build a navy, and despite the opposition of Fan Li and others, he sent troops to destroy the navy. As a result, he was surrounded by Fu Chai's strange troops and was defeated. The general also died in the battle. Fu Cha wanted to capture Gou Jian, but Fan Li made a plan. , pretending to surrender, leaving the green hills without worrying about having no firewood. Fu Chai did not listen to the advice of his veteran minister Wu Zixu, and stayed with Gou Jian and others for three years. After suffering humiliation for three years, he was finally returned to the Yue Kingdom. Gou Jian secretly trained elite soldiers and slept without mattresses every night, only laying some firewood (called in ancient times). salary), and hung a gall in the house. He would taste the taste of gall from time to time in order not to forget the shame of the past.

In order to encourage the people, Gou Jian participated in labor with the queen and the people, and with the concerted efforts of the Yue people, the Yue country became stronger.

Once Fu Chai led most of the country's troops to a meeting and asked Gou Jian to also lead troops to cheer. When Gou Jian saw the opportunity, he pretended to go to the meeting, led 3,000 elite troops, captured the main city of Wu, and killed the prince of Wu. , and captured Fu Chai. Fu Chai regretted that he had not listened to Wu Zixu's words and left Gou Jian behind. Before his death, he only asked not to hurt the people of Wu... If he didn't sing, he would have become a blockbuster. King Zhuang of Chu was a famous virtuous king of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He reigned from 613 BC to 590 BC. When he came to the throne at a young age, he faced chaos in the government. In order to stabilize the situation, he ostensibly ignored the government for three years, but in fact he was secretly waiting for an opportunity. When people asked him, he said: "If you don't fly for three years, the flying will soar into the sky; if you don't sing for three years, the flying will soar to the sky; if you don't sing for three years, the flying will soar to the sky; It will be amazing." During his 22 years in office, he recruited a large number of loyal ministers and generals for the revitalization of Chu State. He knew people well and recruited talents. He reused Su Cong, Wu Shen, Sun Shuao and Shen Yizheng, and asked them to reorganize the government, build water conservancy, and focus on agriculture and commerce. Under the leadership of King Zhuang of Chu, the country grew stronger and stronger. He successively destroyed Yong, attacked Song, attacked Chen, and besieged Zheng. Chen troops stationed in the suburbs of Zhou and aspired to the Zhou Dynasty. In 597 BC, the Jin army was defeated in the north of Xingyang, Henan Province. In 594 BC, it forced the Song Dynasty to make an alliance under the city, and successively forced Lu, Chen, Song, Zheng and other countries to submit, making Chu one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.