Odd, interesting, and just plain gross things that King Goujian did.
- He tasted King Fuchai's "Spool" when he was ill and told him that from the taste the King would recover, as a tactic to gain the his trust.
- After he was released and aloud to go back to the state of Yue, King Goujian did all of the following to remind himself of the humiliations that he went through when he was King Fuchai's slave:
- Slept a pile of brush wood.
- Tasted the bile of a gall every time he left and entered a room.
- Carried a hot anvil in summer, and packs of ice in winter.