Cai Ze returns to Xianyang with not one, but two unexpected guests. Zheng is put on the spot about his plans for a post-unified Middle Kingdom world.
Once, I am ashamed to say, I sought 
a path to guide this world--
Mit Scham muss ich Narr
gestehen, dass ich einst
Aunque me avergüence reconocerlo,
Aunque me avergüence reconocerlo,
Mi vergogno ad ammetterlo,
ma anche il sottoscritto, stolto com'era,
No passado, eu fui um tolo