| B.C. | |
|---|---|
| 514 | Accession of Ho Lu. |
| 512 | Ho Lu attacks Ch’u, but is dissuaded from entering Ying, the capital. Shih Chi mentions Sun Wu as general. |
| 511 | Another attack on Ch’u. |
| 510 | Wu makes a successful attack on Yüeh. This is the first war between the two states. |
| 509 or 508 | Ch’u invades Wu, but is signally defeated at Yu-chang. |
| 506 | Ho Lu attacks Ch’u with the aid of T’ang and Ts’ai. Decisive battle of Po-chu, and capture of Ying. Last mention of Sun Wu in Shih Chi . |
| 505 | Yüeh makes a raid on Wu in the absence of its army. Wu is beaten by Ch’in and evacuates Ying. |
| 504 | Ho Lu sends Fu Ch’ai to attack Ch’u. |
| 497 | Kou Chien becomes King of Yüeh. |
| 496 | Wu attacks Yüeh, but is defeated by Kou Chien at Tsui-li. Ho Lu is killed. |
| 494 | Fu Ch’ai defeats Kou Chien in the great battle of Fu- chaio, and enters the capital of Yüeh. |
| 485 or 484 | Kou Chien renders homage to Wu. Death of Wu Tzŭ-hsu. |
| 482 | Kou Chien invades Wu in the absence of Fu Ch’ai. |
| 478 to 476 | Further attacks by Yüeh on Wu. |
| 475 | Kou Chien lays siege to the capital of Wu. |
| 473 | Final defeat and extinction of Wu. |
The sentence quoted above from VI. § 21 hardly strikes me as one that could have been written in the full flush of victory. It seems rather to imply that, for the moment at least, the tide had turned against