Is “Forcibly took the wife of Crown Prince Jian” true?
The Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter on the House of Chu, clearly records that King Ping of Chu sent Fei Wuji to Qin to bring a bride for Crown Prince Jian. "Wuji returned first and said to King Ping, 'The Qin lady is beautiful; you may take her for yourself and seek another for the Crown Prince.' King Ping heeded this and ultimately took the Qin lady for himself." In Chapter 71 of Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, the description of King Ping of Chu heeding Fei Wuji's slander, coveting the beauty of the Qin lady, and ultimately disregarding ethics to forcibly take his daughter-in-law Meng Ying as his consort is completely consistent with the official history.
It is true that he heeded slander and forcibly took his daughter-in-law as his wife.
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