Yue gong qi shi 越公其事 is a recently published manuscript from the Tsinghua University collection. The manuscript provides a new version of the well-known story of King Goujian of Yue 越王句踐 (r. 496–464 b.c.e.), who turned defeat into victory and overcame Yue's formidable rival, the state of Wu 吳. My exploration of this text focuses on its two most notable aspects. First, the story about the policy of self-strengthening allegedly adopted by Goujian offers new insights into the evolution of political thought in the Warring States period. Second, the text allows deeper insight into the genre of didactic historical narratives that became prominent at a certain point of time between the Springs-and-Autumns (Chunqiu 春秋, 770–453 b.c.e.) and the Warring States (Zhanguo 戰國, 453–221 b.c.e.) periods.

越公棋士越公其事是最近出版的清华大学文集手稿。手稿提供了越王越王刑践王勾践（公元前 496-464 年在位）的著名故事的新版本，他化败为胜，战胜了越王的强大对手吴国。我对这本书的探索集中在它最显着的两个方面。首先，勾践所谓的自强政策的故事，为战国时期政治思想的演变提供了新的视角。其次，文本可以更深入地了解在春秋（春秋，公元前770-453年）和战国（战国，453-221）之间的某个时间点变得突出的说教历史叙事类型。bce ) 期间。