Wu Zixu

The official letter from the Mongols has deprived them of the last remnants of sanity.

In ancient China, King Chou of the Yin dynasty refused to heed admonitions of his loyal minister, Pi Kan, and instead cut out Pi Kan's heart.

Later, his dynasty was overthrown by the kings Wen and Wu of the Zhou.

King Fucha of the state of Wu, instead of listening to the remonstrances of his minister, Wu Zixu, forced the latter to commit suicide.

Eventually, Fucha was killed by King Goujian of the state of Yue.

Thinking how tragic it would be if our country were to meet with a similar fate, I risked my reputation and life to remonstrate with the authorities.

Within 100 days after my exile or execution, or within one, three, or seven years, there will occur what is called the calamity of internal strife, rebellion within the ruling clan.

This will be followed by the calamity of foreign invasion, attack from all sides, particularly from the west.

And his stuff always gets transmitted with Sun Bin.

Master Xun's biography is very clearly a, what was that fancy term for, but it's basically, it's a shadow imitation of this other general, Wu Zixu.

And you can see it, if you look at his biography, it's the same thing.

And so, and then Xun Bin is possibly supposed to be a descendant of Xunzi, he has the same surname.

Zhao Dun, who served up in Jin.

Wu Zixu in Wu.

Fan Li in Yue.

And Guan Zhong's successor, Yan Ying.

A lot of northern aristocrats, military, and political figures made their way down to the south.

Others from lands out west also found a refuge in Wu.

And one such man was Wu Zixu.

There are hundreds and hundreds of names from this spring and autumn period.