What kind of person is Wu Zixu? Where is he from?
Wu Zixu was a famous strategist in the late Spring and Autumn Period. He has a unique vision, brilliant talent and a tendency to retaliate. Together with Sun Wu, the later "soldier saint", he attacked the strongest Chu State in the south at that time, invaded the capital of Chu State, and finally succeeded in taking revenge on Chu State. Assisting the King of Wu to levy Chu in the west and Xu, Lu and Qi in the north, Wu became a tyrant.
Wu Zixu (559 BC-484 BC), a famous minister, was born in Jiaoyi, Chu (now Huang Xie Town, Jianli County, Hubei Province, Quanjiao County, Anhui Province), and was a doctor and strategist of Wu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.
Wu Zixu's father, Wu She, was the teacher of Wang Zijian, the king of Chu Ping. Because of Fei Wuji's slander, he was killed by the king of Chu Ping together with his eldest son, Wu Shang. Wu Zixu fled from Chu to Wu, and became an important minister of He Lv, the king of Wu. He was the builder of Suzhou City, where there was Xumen. In 506 BC, Wu Zixu cooperated with Sun Wu to invade the capital of Chu, and Wu Zixu dug the tomb of King Chu Ping and whipped his body for 300 times to avenge his father and brother. Relying on the strategies of Wu Zixu and others, Wu defeated Xu, Lu and Qi in the west and became a tyrant.
Wu Zixu tried many times to persuade Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, to kill Gou Jian, but Fu Cha wouldn't listen. Fu Cha, eager to enter the Central Plains, led an army to attack Qi. Wu Zixu once again advised Fu Cha not to attack Qi for the time being, and to destroy Yue first, but was rejected. Fu Cha listened to the slanderers of Taizai's uncle, saying that Wu Zixu was plotting against Wu and sent someone to send a sword to Wu Zixu to commit suicide. Before committing suicide, Wu Zixu said to the crowd, "Please gouge out my eyes and put them on the east gate. I want to watch the death of Wu. " Nine years after Wu Zixu's death, Wu was destroyed by the sneak attack of Yue.