Some people endured great humiliation for the sake of a larger cause.

The famous Han Xin crawled on his stomach beneath another man’s groin. King Goujian of Yue ate his enemy’s feces. The assassin Yeyang lacquered his skin and swallowed burning coals to sear his vocal cords.

And Cheong? She flirted and wiggled her hips provocatively in front of a room full of men.

It was a humiliation worthy of being recorded in history. If it were to be memorialized with a four-character idiom, it might be called something like Wiggle Wiggle Seduction.

But at least her face was covered …