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Fei Wuji was an official and Courtier.
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 66Biography of Wu Zixu · 8 passages
楚平王有太子名曰建，使伍奢為太傅，費無忌為少傅。
King Ping of Chu had a crown prince named Jian. He made Wu She Grand Tutor and Fei Wuji Junior Tutor.
無忌不忠於太子建。
Fei Wuji proved disloyal to Crown Prince Jian.
平王使無忌為太子取婦於秦，秦女好，無忌馳歸報平王曰：「秦女絕美，王可自取，而更為太子取婦。」
King Ping sent Wuji to take a wife for the crown prince from Qin. The Qin woman was beautiful, so Wuji galloped back to report to King Ping, saying: 'The Qin woman is exceptionally beautiful. The king can take her himself and get another wife for the crown prince.'
無忌既以秦女自媚於平王，因去太子而事平王。
Wuji, having used the Qin woman to curry favor with King Ping, then left the crown prince and served King Ping.
頃之，無忌又日夜言太子短於王曰：「太子以秦女之故，不能無怨望，願王少自備也。
After a while, Wuji again spoke day and night of the crown prince's faults to the king, saying: 'Because of the Qin woman's matter, the crown prince is bound to harbor resentment. I wish the king would prepare himself slightly.
伍奢知無忌讒太子於平王，因曰：「王獨柰何以讒賊小臣疏骨肉之親乎？」
Wu She knew Wuji was slandering the crown prince to King Ping, so he said: 'Why must Your Majesty listen to a slanderous, traitorous petty official and estrange your own flesh-and-blood kin?'
無忌曰：「王今不制，其事成矣。
Wuji said: "If Your Majesty does not check him now, his plot will succeed.
無忌言於平王曰：「伍奢有二子，皆賢，不誅且為楚憂。
Wuji spoke to King Ping, saying: 'Wu She has two sons, both worthy. If not executed, they will be a worry for Chu.