Yuèwáng Gōujiàn wòxīn-chángdǎn, zuìhòu dàilǐng Yuèguó mièdiào le Wúguó.
King Goujian of Yue slept on brushwood and tasted gall, and in the end led Yue to destroy Wu.
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history
Beaten by 吴, King 勾践 served its king as a captive, then went home and kept his shame fresh by sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall, the story behind 卧薪尝胆. Yue destroyed Wu in 473 BC.
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Not 南越国, the later kingdom in today's Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam (204–111 BC). The name 越南 'south of Yue' uses the same character.
