In the past, when people died, they had to cover their faces with a piece of cloth. Suzhou and Hangzhou use red cloth, called "fig leaf cloth", and some areas in the north use white cloth, called "hooded cloth". # cuvs ~ $ XG 1ol% NK | n "The Book of Yue Jue written by Yuan Kang in the Eastern Han Dynasty records that at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, in 5 16 BC, He Lv, the king of Wu, fought with Gou Jian, the king of Yue, in Tori (now southwest of Jiaxing, Zhejiang), and He Lv was badly defeated and died. After his son Fu Cha, king of Wu, ascended the throne, he vowed to avenge his father, and was defeated in Fujiao (now southwest of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province), making Xu Yuecheng a vassal state. Since then, Fu Cha has been arrogant and domineering, year after year, he is militaristic, reuse treacherous court official, refuse loyalty, and indulge in debauchery. Don't listen to Wu Zixu's advice, dig the Han ditch (now the ancient canal between Yangzhou and Huai 'an), attack Qi from the sea, and meet the princes in Ai (now the northeast of Laiwu, Shandong) and Huangchi (now the southwest of Fengqiu, Henan) to compete with Jin. Complete kit XV "} h2c5tw # h * z' gdc8 {&; C8Q Wu Zixu remonstrated many times, but Fu Cha turned a deaf ear. In 484 BC, Wu Zixu listened to uncle Taizai's slanderers and gave himself a sword. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, learned that Fu Cha, the king of Wu, had killed Wu Zixu. He thought the opportunity had come and attacked Wu by taking advantage of his weakness. Focha failed repeatedly. Then, in 10, Gou Jian attacked Wu on a large scale and surrounded Fu Cha in Suzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). Fu Cha could not make peace and died in despair. Before he died, he said with tears in his eyes, "I regret that I didn't listen to Wu Zixu's advice, and I didn't have the face to see him after I died. Please put a fig leaf on my face. " .