Ch'en's circuitous method awakened the king to his weakness. So the king said, "The bird is capable of flying high into the sky and astounding all with a single song."
此鳥非比尋常，不飛則已，一飛即衝上雲霄；不鳴則已，一鳴則令人驚異！齊威王聽懂了淳于髡的弦外之音，也對他以迂迴方式來點醒自己的用心十分感動。