Tzu-lu replied at once, "If there were a medium-sized state sandwiched in between powerful neighbors, faced with invasion, and suffering from famine, in three years 'time I could give them courage and a sense of direction."
這老兄一步跨前，就滔滔說將起來，大志無非是治理個如何倒楣的大國，也能在三年之內使一切都上軌道云云。