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 | | The state of Yue had a much stronger and vicious neighbor, the state of Wu, which had been fighting all its surrounding states for supremacy. |
 | | After the conquest of Yue, Fu Chai, the King of Wu, imprisoned Gou Jian, the king of Yue and made him a horse keeper. |
 | | 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. |
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