楚惠王是春秋晚期、战国初期的楚国国君,他在任时励精图治,奋发图强,重用贤臣子西、子期、子闾等人,改革政治,与民休息,发展生产,使楚国国势得以迅速复苏。他先后平定白公胜之乱,灭掉陈国、蔡国、杞国,将楚国领土扩至东海、淮海、泗水一带,成为一方强霸。不但如此,他还是一位贤德的国君。有一次他与群臣饮宴,菜肴端上来后,他发现菜里有一条水蛭(蚂蟥)。他本想把它挑出来,但 Chu Hui Wang is the late Spring and Autumn Period, the early Warring States Chu State Monarch, he Ren Li Jing at the time of his charter, work hard, reuse Xianchen Zi, sub-period, sub-Lu and others, political reform, rest with the people, development of production, recovery. He has set the White Paosheng chaos, exterminated Chen Guo, Cai Guo, Qi State, Chu territory expanded to the East China Sea, Huaihai, Surabaya, became a tyrant one party. Not only that, he is a virtuous monarch. On one occasion he had a banquet with the ministers, and after the dishes came up, he found a leech (leech) in the dish. He wanted to sing it out, but