History stirs beneath modern streets Archaeologists uncover the Yue capital in Shaoxing, bringing a long-lost city back into clear view, Yang Feiyue reports. By Yang Feiyue | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2026-04-07 09:39

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202604/07/WS69d46073a310d6866eb41f0a.html The story of "sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall" is one of China's most enduring parables. It tells of King Goujian of the ancient Yue state, who endured years of humiliation before rising to become one of the great leaders of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).