Mu Jiang

She influenced the decisions of war and peace and participated in negotiations with foreign states.

[2] Her main focus was to crush the powerful Ji (季) and Meng (孟) clans.

[2] Their action failed and ended in a coup, during which her lover was forced to flee while she was placed in house arrest in the Eastern Hall by the Ji and Meng clans.

According to the Zuo Zhuan, when she first moved to the Eastern Hall, she divined by dried yarrow to see if she would leave someday.

While the diviner provided a positive answer, she disputed the interpretation, claiming that it did not apply to her, who "[had] taken up evil.