What happened: Gou Jian was defeated and bribed the minister of Wu to save his life. Three years later, he was released back to China for good behavior.
Results: After returning to China, Gou Jian honed his will with hard life, and finally defeated Wu and got revenge.
Personality characteristics: bear the burden of humiliation, constantly strive for self-improvement, not afraid of hardship, and dare to struggle.
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Gou Jian, surnamed Si, was born in Huiji (now Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province). His real name (the language of Yue State is different from that of Central Plains countries) was the monarch of Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period (496-464 BC) and one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.
In 496 BC, Gou Jian, King of Yue, ascended the throne. In the same year, Wu Shi was defeated by Li. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was defeated by Wu Jun Fu Jiao in the third year (494 BC) and forced to make peace with Wu Huan. Three years later, he was released back to Vietnam. After returning to China, he used Fan Li and style of writing, and made efforts to gradually restore the national strength of Yue.
In the 15th year of Gou Jian, King of Yue (482 BC), Fu Cha, King of Wu, mobilized his troops to attend the Huangchi Conference, and came out to show that the elite troops led the crowd. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, seized the opportunity and led his troops to defeat Wu Shi. Fu Cha hastily formed an alliance with the State of Jin, and was defeated in Lien Chan with Gou Jian, so he had to make peace with Yue. In the 19th year of Yue King Gou Jian (478 BC), Gou Jian led an army to attack Wu again, and defeated Wu Jun's main force in the battle of Li Ze.
In the 24th year (473 BC), Gou Jian, King of Yue, breached the capital of Wu, forced Fu Cha to commit suicide, destroyed the hegemony of Wu, led troops to cross Huai River, gathered the kings of Qi, Song, Jin and Lu in Xuzhou, and moved the capital to Langya (now near Jinping Mountain in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province), becoming the last overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period.