越王问于大夫文种曰:“吾欲伐吴,可乎?”对曰:“可矣。吾赏厚而信,罚严而必。君欲知之,何不试焚宫室?”于是遂焚宫室,人莫救之。乃下令曰:“人之救火死者,比死敌之赏;救火而不死者,比胜敌之赏;不救火者,比降北之罪。”人之涂其体,被濡衣 Yue Wang asked the doctor in the text: “Would you like to cut Wu? Maybe you?” “Yeah: ” is a good thing. I enjoy the thick and trust, and the punishment is strict. The king wants to know, why not try to burn the palace?“ As a result, the palace was burnt, and people did not save it. It is a commandment: ”The fire of the dead is better than the death of the enemy; the fire is not the dead, but it is better than the victory of the enemy; the fire-fighting person is better than the crime of falling down the north."