Battle of Lize

{{Short description|Battle}}

{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict=Battle of Lize

|partof=Spring and Autumn period

|image=

|caption=

|date= 478 BC

|place= Lize (笠泽)

|casus=

|territory=

|result=Yue victory

|combatant1=Wu

|combatant2=Yue

|commander1= Fu Chai

|commander2= Gou Jian{{cite web |last1=Theobald |first1=Ulrich |title=Fan Li 范蠡 |url=http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Zhou/personsfanli.html |website=An Encyclopaedia on Chinese History, Literature and Art |publisher=ChinaKnowledge.de |accessdate=4 July 2020}}

|strength1= 50,000

|strength2= 50,000

|casualties1=30,000–45,000

|casualties2=1,000–10,000

}}

{{coord|30.8997|120.953|display=title}}The Battle of Lize (笠泽之战) was fought between the states of Wu and Yue in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. In 478 BC, Yue attacked Wu and defeated Wu's army.{{Cite web|date=10 May 2018|title=China at War – From Ancient times to the Modern Day {{!}} Welcome To China|url=https://welcometochina.com.au/china-at-war-from-ancient-times-to-the-modern-day-6180.html|access-date=2 June 2020|language=en-US}}{{cite book |last1=Huang |first1=Pumin |title=Civil-Military Relations in Chinese History |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415643566 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWvfBQAAQBAJ&q=Wu+Yue+Lize&pg=PA26 |accessdate=4 July 2020}}