People of Yue (state)

one of the renowned Four Great Beauties of ancient China (b. 506 BC)

early 5th-century BC Chinese political and military advisor

thumb|Goujian temple in Shaoxing Goujian (; r. 496–465 BC) was a king of the Yue state. He succeeded his father, Yunchang (允常), to the Yue throne.

Yuenü () was a swordswoman from the state of Yue, in the modern Chinese province of Zhejiang. She is also known as Maiden of the Southern Forest. She was author of the earliest-known exposition on swordplay.

swordsmith couple with Chinese swords named after them

legendary sword maker

Advisor and regent in the Chinese state of Yue (died 472 BC)