Xi, who grew up during the Spring and Autumn period (770-481 BC) in a small village in the state of Yue, washed gauze for a living. She lived during a tumultuous period in Chinese history ...
A famous ancient city south of the Yangtze River and the hometown of Lu Xun (1881-1936), China's great twentieth century writer, it was the capital of the State of Yue of the Spring and Autumn ...