The translation of this sentence taught by Wei Tian in Chu Jin.

Original text:

Fu Cha, the king of Wu, sent troops to attack Yue, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, led the army to meet him. The doctor suggested, "Whoever lives or dies in wuyue depends on God's will, so there is no need to fight. Wu soldiers trained by Wu Zixu and Walden Lake have never lost a battle. As long as one person is good at archery, hundreds of people will practice bowstring. It is difficult for us to beat him.

Anyone who plans a thing must foresee the success before implementing it, and don't work hard easily. Why don't you save your troops, stick to your position, make peace with Wu with humble words, make the people of Wu happy, and make your ambitions expand day by day? We can use this as a metaphor for God's will. If Wu is abandoned, the people of Wu will definitely agree to make peace, and will not take our country seriously, but go to the Central Plains for hegemony with confidence and boldness. When his people are exhausted and encounter natural disasters and poor harvests, we will certainly clean up the mess, and Wu will lose the blessing from heaven. "

The King of Yue agreed, and sent Zhu to make peace with Wu, saying, "Our monarch Gou Jian sent Zhu, my late minister, to come here, and he dared not openly offer jade and bow in front of the King of Yue, so he had to take the liberty to tell the officials around the King of Yue privately that the King of Yue had unfortunately offended the King of Yue, and the King of Yue personally dispatched Jade Toe, which was originally intended to destroy Gou Jian and spare me.

The heavenly king's kindness to me when I crossed the country really brought me back to life, and my bones and muscles were born. How dare I forget the disaster from heaven and the gift from the heavenly king? Now, I have suffered a terrible disaster from Gou Jian's immorality. How can we humble people in the middle of nowhere forget the greatness of the heavenly king and resent it because of trivial grievances on the border, thus offending the heavenly king again? Therefore, Gou Jian led several veteran ministers, personally took on the felony and knocked on the head at the border.

Tianwang didn't understand the situation, flew into a rage and sent troops to crusade. Yueyuan is a city that pays tribute to the heavenly king. The heavenly king didn't drive it away with a whip, but he made your noble soldiers suffer greatly and crusaded, which made Yue even more uneasy. So Gou Jian asked for a contract. Today, I sent my daughter to the palace with a dustpan and broom. He also sent an eldest son, with a plate and washbasin, to serve the heavenly king with the guards.

In spring and autumn, I never slackened my efforts to pay tribute to Tianwang Treasury. Why did the heavenly king use personal expedition? This is a gift from the emperor to tax the princes! The proverb says,' When the fox was buried, it was dug up again, so it was dug for nothing.' Now that the heavenly king has raised Yue, your wisdom has spread all over the world. If it is destroyed again, wouldn't it be a waste of time for the king of heaven? How to convince the four governors of Wu? So I ordered the minister to make the news clear, and asked the heavenly king to weigh the benefits and righteousness more! "