The legend about sword of the yue maiden has a long history and is scattered in the official history and unofficial history. The earliest and most detailed record is the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu Yue written by Zhao Ye in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Later, it was also recorded in Yi Wenzhi, The Legend of Swordsman and The Romance of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. There is such a record in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu Yue: "At that time, the King of Yue asked the Prime Minister Fan Li,' There is a plan of revenge for solitude, and a boat is used in a water battle, and a road is used. The advantage of the ship lies in the crossbow. This son works for me, so who is wrong? "Fan Li said to him,' I have heard of ancient sages. I always learn to fight and use the army. However, the good or ill luck of snare drum depends on its work. Today, I heard that there are virgins. They are from Lin Nan, and people in China call them good. May the king invite it and see it immediately. "The King of Yue is the messenger who hired him, and asked for his skills of sword and halberd." The saint will be seen by the king in the north, and every road will meet a man. Calling himself "Yuan Gong", he asked the Virgin Mary, "I have heard of Shan Jian, and I want to see it. The female said,' I dare not hide more. It's a public exam.' Therefore, Yuan Gong sticks a bamboo (the name of bamboo), the bamboo pole stands on the bridge (vigorously picks it up) and does not fall to the ground ('don't' when' end', the bamboo tip breaks off), and the female finally ('end' when' pick', catches the bamboo tip). Yuan Gong flew up the tree and became a white ape, so he didn't go. "See the king. The King of Yue asked, "What is the way of sword? My concubine was born in a deep forest and grew up in a deserted field. She didn't learn anything, didn't reach the level of a prince, stole fencing and recited it endlessly. My concubine is not subject to others, and suddenly she has herself. "The king said,' What is the way? The woman said,' its way is very small and easy, and its meaning is very deep. Tao has a portal and yin and yang. Open and close the door, yin declines and yang flourishes. Every way you hit by hand is to show your inner spirit and external security. See it like a good woman, take it like a tiger (it seems to be a gentle woman. When attacked, she will react as quickly and strongly as a threatened tiger. Waiting for the weather in cloth, walking with God. If it is for the sky, like a rabbit, chasing shadows, if it is for light, it is better to ban it than to ban it. If you are a Taoist, one person should be a hundred, and a hundred people should be ten thousand people. If the king wants to try, he will see it after the test. "The king added a female number, called' Yue Nv'. Life is five boards ('drop' should be called' team'), and it is the sergeant ('high' is the name of the person, the captain of the team), which is the first sword in the world. " "Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man" said: "Yuan Gong is like an orange, holding the bamboo in the rafters, and the woman is at the bottom. Men fuck their roots and stab women. When the woman hit her with a stick, the male climbed the tree and became a white ape. "Tangju" is a pulley that pumps water from a well. It comes from the word "Qiaojie" in Wu Yue Chun Qiu, which describes Yuan's agility in moving bamboo branches. Fan Li, a counselor of the State of Yue, was born in Chu, and was quiet, and later became a doctor in the State of Yue. In the battle of Fujiao in wuyue, the State of Yue was defeated and surrendered to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Offer a plan for the King of Yue, surrender yourself (including offering beautiful women and stones) to make peace with Wu, and accompany Gou Jian, the King of Yue, to hold Wu hostage. Finally, he confused the king of Yue and put the tiger back on the mountain. After returning to China, Fan Li and doctor Wen Wen ruled the country together and strengthened the war preparedness. In 473 BC, the Vietnamese army defeated Wu, forcing Fu Cha to commit suicide, thus making the country strong. After Gou Jian proclaimed himself emperor, Fan Li resigned and retired to Qi State as Qi Xianggong. It is said that he is good at business, accumulated millions of money and became a millionaire named Tao Zhugong. After retirement, Fan Li wrote a letter to the doctor Wen Zi, reminding him that "birds are exhausted, and good bows hide;" A sly rabbit dies and a running dog cooks. " He thought that Gou Jian, the King of Yue, could only suffer, but not be happy. He advised Wen Zi to leave Gou Jian and retire. Wen Zi didn't listen to Fan Li's advice. Later, Gou Jian listened to rumors and made Wen Zi commit suicide. Wen Zi sighed, "I regret that I didn't listen to Fan Li and ended up like this! "Later generations defended the King of Yue: Fan Li's style of writing was not acceptable to Gou Jian, not because he could * * * suffer, nor because he could * * * make a fortune. You should know that Gou Jian is a talented person in Wang Ba, and he is making great achievements. How can you kill your right-hand man when employing people? At that time, the State of Yue had annexed the land of the State of Wu, and wanted to compete for hegemony and expand its territory northward. The first opponent was the State of Chu (the land in western Zhejiang was occupied by the State of Chu when it declined). Fan Li and Wen Zi were Chu people, and Gou Jian could not trust them. Beauty Stone, also known as Vietnamese, lives in the west of Huansha Village in Zhuluo (now Zhuji South, Zhejiang). Gou Jian, the king of Yue, fell in love with Fan Li's honey trap, and dedicated the beautiful woman to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, who was very popular in the Wu Palace, while Zheng Dan, the beautiful woman, was unknown. After Wu's death, it is said that she was "drowned in the river" by the King of Yue, and entered the Five Lakes (now Taihu Lake) for seclusion with a gondola. Fan Li left many legends in Wuxi. There are many place names related to Fan Li in Wuxi, such as Lijiang River, Li Bridge, Li Garden and Ma Li Port Bridge.