Mount Kaikei

Japanese: 会稽山 - かいけいさん

A mountain in the central part of Zhejiang Province, China. It stretches from north to south to the south of Shaoxing City. It was originally called Fangshan, Tongshan, or Mao Mountain, but it is said that it was renamed Kuaiji Mountain after King Yu of the Xia Dynasty gathered feudal lords here to praise his achievements. During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Goujian of Yue was attacked by King Fuchai of Wu and retreated to this mountain, and later, he is famous for having erased the shame of Kuaiji by enduring hardships such as sleeping on firewood and tasting gall.

[Toshiaki Sakai]

[Reference] | Clearing the Disgrace of Kaikei

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、浙江(せっこう／チョーチヤン)省中部にある山。紹興(しょうこう／シャオシン)市の南方に、北から南に連なる。もと防山、棟(とう)山、または茅(ぼう)山とよばれたが、夏(か)の禹王(うおう)がここに諸侯を集めその功績をたたえた故事によって、会稽山と改められたと伝えられる。春秋時代、越王(えつおう)勾践(こうせん)は呉王(ごおう)夫差(ふさ)に攻められてこの山にこもり、のち臥薪嘗胆(がしんしょうたん)の苦労を積んで会稽の恥を雪(すす)いだことで有名である。

［酒井敏明］

[参照項目] | 会稽の恥を雪ぐ

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