楚王恐，召梁公弘曰：「晉人已勝智氏矣。
Alarmed at this, the king of Chu56 summoned Liang Gong Hong57 and said to him, “The men of Jin have already vanquished the clan of Zhi and have returned home to put their armor and weapons in order.
歸而繕甲兵，其以我為事乎？
Do they have designs on us?” “There is no need to be concerned about this,” replied Liang Gong Hong.
」梁公曰：「不患！
“The greater threat is surely Wu.
害其在吳乎？
The Wu ruler, note, takes pity on his subjects and shares their labors.
夫吳君恤民而同其勞，使其民重上之令而人輕其死，以從上使。
He causes his people to place weight on the orders of their superiors, and they will even cast away their lives in order to carry out their leaders’ commands.
如虜之戰，臣登山以望之，見其用百姓之信必也。
I climbed a mountain and observed them at the battle of Ru Lu, and saw that he kept strictly to his word in his dealings with the Hundred Clans.
勿已乎，其備之若何？
If Wu keeps on in this manner, we had better make preparations, don’t you think?” The king of Chu paid no heed to this.
」不聽。
明年，闔廬襲郢。
The following year Helü59 attacked Ying.60 51 Tian Ziyan 田子顏: unattested elsewhere.