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Wu Zixu
Wu Zixu was a minister and general of the State of Wu, originally from Chu, who fled to Wu after the Chu king killed his father and brother in 522 BCE. He helped Helü seize the throne and led the campaign that took the Chu capital Ying in 506 BCE, where tradition says he flogged the corpse of King Ping. He was forced to kill himself in 484 BCE after warning King Fuchai against Yue.
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