Story:

Hsi Shih was one of the Four Great Beauties of China. She lived during the Spring Autumn period, around 500 BC. At that time, the kingdom of Yu was at war with the kingdom of Wu. Yu was losing. One day, the prime minister of Yu saw a beautiful girl washing silk in the river. He recruited her, taught her the art of music and dance, and offered her as a gift to the king of Wu. The monarch fell head over heels in love with her, revealed all his military secrets to her, which she funneled back to Yu, thus enabling the weaker country to win the war.