The Sword of Goujian, named after a legendary Chinese king, emerged from a waterlogged tomb in China's Hubei Province looking as lethal as the day it was crafted. Its secrets lie in its ...

In trying times like this, I have sought spiritual refuge in stories of resilience amid adversity－such as the tale of Goujian, the king of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC ...

The drama is based on a well-known ancient story of King Goujian's Revenge about 2,000 years ago in China. Goujian was once king of a southern state, but after being defeated by the neighboring ...

IN 492BC, at the end of the “Spring and Autumn” period in Chinese history, Goujian, the king of Yue in modern Zhejiang, was taken prisoner after a disastrous campaign against King Fuchai ...

GT: In your new book Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the 21st Century, you and coauthor John Delury particularly picked out the traditional tale of King Goujian, prominently mentioning the ...

To keep his resolve finely honed, Goujian slept on brushwood and licked a gall-bladder every day to remind him of the bitterness of his humiliation. Goujian was king of the historical state of Yue ...

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