Wan of Sung fought with Duke Chuang and was captured by
him.[2]
Duke Chuang detained[3]
him in the palace. After several
months he sent him back to Sung, where he again took up his
position as Great Officer. Wan of Sung was playing with Duke
Min at chess, and all the [palace] women were looking on. Wan
said, "The Marquis of Lu is a very fine man. Such is his beauty
that of all the feudal lords only he is fit to be a prince."
Duke Min esteemed the women present and was made jealous
by his remark. Turning he said, "You were a prisoner there; what
do you know about the beauty of the Marquis of Lu?"[4]
Wan of Sung was enraged and struck Duke Min, breaking his
neck. Ch`ou Mu, hearing that the Prince had been assassinated,
rushed to him and met [Wan] at the door. Grasping his sword
he cursed him, and Wan hit him with the full force of his arm,[5]
shattering his skull so that his teeth scattered (?) on the door sill.
It may be said of Ch`ou Mu that he "did not fear the strong or
the oppressive."[6]
The Ode says,[7]
But Chung Shan-fu
Does not devour the soft,
Or eject the powerful.