田鳩見秦王

　　Tian jiu, a Mohist, wanted to express his general plan for governing the country to King Hui of the state of Qin. He had stayed in state Qin for three years, but had not gotten an opportunity to meet the king.

　　Someone told this to the king of the state of Chu, and the king of Chu called in him. The king of Chu thought very highly of Tian Jiu's talents, and he appointed Tian jiu as the emissary to the state of Qin. With the new status, he met the king of Qin very soon.

　　Out of the palace of Qin, Tian Jiui sighed and said to himself, "I didn't expect that in order to get access to the king of Qin, I would have gone to state Chu sirst."

　　墨家的田鳩想向秦惠王闡述自己的治國方略，在秦國呆了三年，一直沒有見到秦惠王的機會。

　　有人把這件事情告訴了楚王，楚王于是召見了田鳩。楚王對田鳩的才識很欣賞，于是派田鳩做楚國的使者出使秦國。田鳩再次回到秦國，以楚國使者的身份很快就見到了秦惠王。

　　從宮里出來后，田鳩感慨不已地說：“想不到謁見秦王的途徑，竟然是先要到楚國去走一趟。”