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  The King of Yue's Revenge
The King of Yue and his wife were made to work as slaves for three years in the State of Wu.
Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was forced to live in a small stone hut beside the tomb of Fu Chai's father who had died fighting Yue.
In 482 B.C. While the King of Wu was away at a conference of rulers to discuss control of the central plain, Yue launched a surprise attack on Wu, inflicting heavy casualties.
www.shme.com /culture/legend/yue.htm   (1134 words)

  
 Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Wu Kwang nominated Woo Zi-Shung to be the General and also requested Sun Woo to be the Military Advisor (Sun Woo, born in Santong Province, in Chi Kingdom, in 514BC, after Wu Kwang hold the throne, he appointed Sun Woo as the General and Military Advisor.
Two other cousins of King Wu whom was at the war with the Zhu heard of the assassination of their king, they decided to surrender to the Zhu and were appointed Governors of Su.
King Wu's troupe entered Jung Chen (the city where King Zhu was relocated), and General Woo destroyed King Zhu's grave and house in revenging his father's death.
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 Xi Shi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After the conquest of Yue, Fu Chai, the King of Wu, imprisoned Gou Jian, the king of Yue and made him a horse keeper.
One of them was to use sex as a weapon against the lascivious king of Wu.
Bewitched by the beauty of Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, Fu Chai forgot all about his state affairs and alienated himself from his loyal Prime Minister Wu Zixu, who was against his taking the two concubines.
www.wku.edu /~yuanh/China/xishi.htm   (293 words)

  
 Xi Shi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Gou Jian, king of Yue, was once imprisoned by Fu Chai, king of Wu (state).
Fu Chai even built Guanwa Palace (Palace of Beautiful Women) in an imperial park on the slope of Lingyan Hill, about 15 kilometres west of Suzhou.
The strength of Wu was dwindling, and soon Gou Jian launched his strike and put the Wu army to full rout.
www.portaljuice.com /xi_shi.html   (226 words)

  
 Qin Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- Research Into Origins Of Huns, Uygurs, ...
Zhou King Pingwang (reign 770-720) upgraded the rank of the son of Count Zheng to that of a marquis.
Wu Zixu was famous for his exile stories as well as digging up Chu King's dead body for lynching.) Gou-jian sieged the Wu capital for 3 years, and by 473 BC (?), and King of Wu Fu-Chai committed suicide.
In 473 B.C., the Wu Principality was annexed by Yüeh.
www.uglychinese.org /qin.htm   (15592 words)

  
 Xi Shi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
When Fu Chai was sick, Gou Jian would taste his stool to see what caused his illness.
He said to Wu Zixu, “This is a testimony of Gou Jian’s gratitude for the favors I gave him.” Brushing aside Wu Zixu’s futher warning, Fu Chai took the two ladies to his chamber.
A legends goes that Zheng Dan was killed by Fu Chai when he discovered her identity as Yue’s spy and Xi Shi barely escaped.
www.wku.edu /~haiwang.yuan/China/xishi_b.htm   (1028 words)

  
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In a pitch battle, King Ho Lu was struck by a poison arrow and died.
However, Fu Chai was not a brutal man. Instead of annexing the kingdom of Yueh and turning Kou Chiang into a slave, he released Kou Chiang after extracting an oath of fealty from the king of Yueh.
Fu Chai built this palace, this corridor in order to listen to the melody of her footsteps.
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 Xi Shi - Famous Chinese Women - Chinese
King Gou Jian of Yue, king of State of YueYue, was once imprisoned by King Fu Chai of Wu, king of the State of Wu.
In legends, after the fall of Wu, Fan Li retired his minister post and lived with Xi Shi on a fishing boat roaming like fairies in the misty wilderness of Tai Ho Lake, and no one have seen them ever since.
She is remembered by the Xi Shi Temple, which lies at the foot of the Zhu Lou Hill in the southern part of the city, on the banks of the Huansha River.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Xi_Shi   (361 words)

  
 timeline for early china
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www.indiana.edu /~g380/Time.html   (706 words)

  
 Chronology of Asian maritime history
485 BCE: Fu Chai, king of Wu, commanded his navy 'to fight Qi from the sea and was defeated in the battle'.
He also despatched Xu Fu to sail overseas in search of elixirs of immortality, accompanied by 3,000 virgin boys and girls, and large amounts of grain, materials, workers and guards.
Yuan Xiaochun and Wu Songgao, 'On the construction of Penglai fighting sailship of Yuan dynasty'; Xi Longfei and Xin Yuanou, 'Preliminary research on the historical period and restoration design of the ancient ship unearthed in Penglai'.
www.maritimeasia.ws /topic/chronology.html   (14225 words)

  
 China Jewish Heritage Tours: Chai Virtual Tour 2001/Page Forty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In lovely Yuwangtai Park sits the King Yu Terrace, an earthen mound believed to have been a music terrace, that was once the haunt of Tang poets.
The large incense bowl sits in front of the temple, while the memorial figure of King Yu is found inside.
In 1522, the second year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming dynasty, a temple was erected on the terrace to commemorate the remarkable achievements of King Yu the Great.
www.joyfulnoise.net /JoyChina95.html   (282 words)

  
 Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Each bell also has two tones depending on where it is struck.
The bells were a gift from the king of Chu.
Since the reigns of the donor and the recipient overlapped by only a few years, the technology to produce then must have been at an astoundingly high level.
www.yangtzecruises.com /gallery/cities_and_ports/wuhan_hubei.html   (324 words)

  
 feng liang's Web Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Chai, did you forget to avenge the death of your father?" Fu Chai then rallied
Reed fell into a river and was acquired by the king of Chuh.
Kwan,that's his name for Si Shi, was in the embrace of King Fu Chai.
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 A List of Significant Dates and Names for the Spring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
707 Zhou king's armies crushed by Zheng--end of Zhou pretense of power
584 The alliance between Jin and Wu is formed
551-479 Lifetime of Confucius of Lu 546 The peace of Xiang Xu 506 The invasion of Chu by Wu 482 The hegemony of King Fu-chai of Wu and the invasion of Wu by Yue
www.indiana.edu /~g380/SA-Dates.html   (168 words)

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