Twenty years after Gou Jian returned to the Kingdom of Yue, he had his revenge on the King of Wu in the year 473 B.C. by inflicting on the latter a crushing defeat, with the help of such people as Wen Zhong, Fan Li and Xi Shi.

• 勾践回国20年，即公元前473年，在文种、范蠡、西施等人的共同努力下，终于打败夫差，报了辱国之仇。