Sword of the Yue Maiden

  Sword of the Yue Maiden by Jin Yong was first serialised in newspapers in 1970This short story was the last of Jin Yong’s works It revolves around the Yue Maiden, who lived during the reign of King Goujian of Yue (496-465 BCE)The novel was based on the legend of The Yue Maiden, and the war between the Kingdo and Autumn PeriodThe real name of the Yue Maiden is unknown She is simply referred to as Yuenü, which can be translated as the Lady of Yue or, more commonly, the Yue Maiden She was bestowed the title of Yuenü by the King of Yue, as impressed by her exposition on the art of the sword He decreed that his army adopt her style of swordsmanshi p and appointed her to train his army officers, who in turn instructed his army Hers is the earliest known exposition on the art of the sword, and influenced Chinese enerationsThe war between Wu and Yue was the lastand Autumn Period Yue defeated Wu at the Battle of Zuili (槜李之战) and King Helü of Wu wasFuchai of Wu, defeated Yue three years later and King Goujian of Yue was captured Goujian served as Fuchai’s servant for three years before he was allowed to return hoainst Fuchai