左史倚相曰：「此恐吾攻己，故示我不病。
At this juncture, Yi Xiang, the archivist of the left, said, “They have made this request because they fear we will attack them, so they wish to demonstrate to us that they are free of any weakness.
請為長轂千乘，卒三萬，與分吳地也。
I beg permission to take a one-thousand-chariot force with thirty thousand foot soldiers so as to divide the territory of Yue with them.” King Zhuang94 accepted this proposal.
」莊王聽之，遂取東國。
Chu then retook those of its eastern lands that had been under Yue control.