| | The states of Qin and Chu became hostile. The Left Minister of Chu, Xi E, fled to Qin and spoke at great length about the faults of the state of Chu. King of Qin was pleased and wanted to appoint him as a Five Ministers (Wudafu). Chen Zhen said: "In my hometown there was a woman who left her first husband and remarried. Every day she told her second husband about the wrongs of her former husband, thinking that they would become closer." One day, she also lost favor with her second husband and married a man from Guo Nan. She spoke of her second husband in the same way as before. Her new husband told this to his successor, who laughed and said: "What she tells you is just like what she used to say about me." "Now, Minister Xi has come from the state of Chu and speaks at great length about its faults. If in the future he offends Your Majesty and goes to another country, then he will transfer what he used to criticize about Chu onto criticizing you." King Qin therefore did not appoint Xi E.
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