《韩非子·初见秦》
凭大王的英明，秦国的强大，放弃霸王之业，土地还没得到，竞又被将灭的赵国欺骗，这是谋臣的笨拙。
夫以大王之明，秦兵之强，弃霸王之业，地曾不可得，乃取欺于亡国。是谋臣之拙也。
Those are stupid masterminds, that with the king's wisdom and the strength of Qin, he instead gave up his ambitious plan to be an overlord. Without securing his territory, he was toyed around by the Zhao, a country that was about to be destroyed.