[越王勾踐平吳,]范蠡遂去,自齊遺大夫種書曰:“蜚(同飛)鳥盡,良弓藏;狡兔死,走狗烹。越王為人長頸鳥喙(音:晦),可與共患難,不可與共樂。子何不去?”種見書,稱病不朝。人或讒種且作亂,越王乃賜種劍曰:“子教寡人伐吳七術,寡人用其三而敗吳,其四在子,子為我從先王試之。”種遂自殺。——《史記·越王勾踐世家》 [The king Gou Jianping Wu,] Fan Zu then go, since the generous legacy of the kind of book reads: “Fei (with the fly) to do, good bow possession; Jiaotu dead, Dark), with a total of suffering, not with a total of children do not go? People or species and for chaos, the more the king is given a sword said: ”The religious oligarch cutting Wu Qi, Guaren use three and defeat Wu, the fourth in the child, the child for me to test from the first king.“ Then commit suicide. - ”Historical Records Yue Gou Jian family"