Burning the bed and tasting the gall

Author: Li Senxiang
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: CCTV's massive investment creates a visual feast, with Chen Daoming and Hu Jun leading an passionate performance. This book passionately depicts the peak confrontation between King Goujian of Yue and King Fuchai of Wu, a battle of strategy and martial prowess, and a clash of spiritual will. It is grand, powerful, and full of masculine vigor, offering a powerful reading impact.
The famous story of "Burning the Bed and Tasting the Gall," which occurred over 2,500 years ago in the late Spring and Autumn period, took place when the State of Wu, under strict governance, was prosperous in strength. After defeating the southern hegemon, the State of Chu, Wu began implementing a strategy to subjugate Yue. Wu was strong, while Yue was weak, and Yue faced a life-or-death test. King Goujian of Yue emerged at this time.
After Yue's defeat, Goujian and his queen, along with almost all of the ministers, were enslaved in Wu and endured humiliation but never yielded. After miraculously returning to Yue, he burned his bed and tasted his gall, striving to strengthen himself and eventually destroyed Wu. He then advanced into the Central Plains, weakened the strong and supported the weak, and brought peace to the people. Six years later, he established a hegemonic rule, becoming the last of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period and being granted the title of Eastern Baron by the Zhou.
This story has been passed down through the millennia in the long river of Chinese civilization. This book passionately depicts the peak confrontation between King Goujian of Yue and King Fuchai of Wu, a battle of strategy and martial prowess, and a clash of spiritual will. It is grand, powerful, and full of masculine vigor, offering a powerful reading impact.