4. 千乘 (low. 3rd tone)之国=千乘之君,
he one day said to him, ＇Anciently, princes of a thousand chariots have yet been on terms of friendship with scholars;—what do you think of such an intercourse?＇ Tsze-sze was displeased, and said, ＇The ancients have said, "The scholar should be served,how should they have merely said that he should be made a friend of?＇ When Tsze-sze was thus displeased,did he not say within himself,-- ＇With regard to our stations, you are sovereign, and I am subject. How can I presume to be on terms of friendship with my sovereign? With regard to our virtue, you ought to make me your master. How may you be on terms of friendship with me?＇ Thus, when a prince of a thousand chariots sought to be on terms of friendship with a scholar, he could not obtain his wish:—how much less could he call him to his presence!