Chapter 538: Sneaking Underwater

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During the Spring and Autumn period in Chu State, Prince Shang Chen staged a palace coup and turned against his own father, King Cheng of Chu. On his deathbed, King Cheng strongly requested a bear's paw dish before he could close his eyes in peace.

On reflection, it was perhaps not because of the delicacy's taste that King Cheng made the request—he was weak and ineffective.

His demand may have been mere mockery, a critique of his son's actions.

Back then, eating bear paws was largely a way to retaliate against the Zhou dynasty's rule, which at the time was in name a nation but in reality a tribal confederation.

Bear, brown bear, panther, chimera, thunder beast, tiger.

Six beasts served as totems for the tribes, with the bear symbolizing the ancestors of the Huaxia people. Chu State adopted the bear as its emblem, to showcase its formidable power.