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Xiangzi hated Zhi Bo and lacquered his skull to use as a cup

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Zhao Xiangzi hated Zhi Bo so much that he had his skull lacquered to use as a drinking vessel.

   ---From the "Assassins" chapter of Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian 太史令司馬遷 (ca 145 or 135 BC–86 BC), 史記卷八十六·刺客列传第二十六

趙襄子最怨智伯,漆其头以为饮器.

10 March 2009 in Chinese, Cuisine, dining, food, Food and Drink, Friendship, enmity, War, conflict, disaster |

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