"In that case I can see what your great ambition is. You want to expand your territory, collect tributes from the States of Qin and Chu, rule over the world, and pacify the various barbarous tribes.

Mencius added, ‘Then, what your Majesty greatly desires may be known. You wish to enlarge your territories, to have Ch’in and Ch’û wait at your court, to rule the Middle Kingdom, and to attract to you the barbarous tribes that surround it.

Then, said Mencius, I know what the great wish of the King is. You wish to enlarge your land, bring Ch’in and Ch’u to court, rule the Middle Kingdom, and lay hand on the four tribes.

"Then it isn't hard to guess what your great dream is. You dream of more land. You dream of Ch'in and Ch’u paying court to you, of ruling over the entire Middle Kingdom and pacifying the barbarian nations on all four borders.

Then I know what your majesty's great wish is: you wish to extend your dominions—subdue Tsin, and Tsoo—rule China and support the foreigners who inhabit the four quarters of the globe.