Han Xin Quote

People say, when all the rabbits have been hunted, the hunting dog will be killed and cooked; when all the swans flying in the sky have been shot down, the bow will be put away; when all the enemy states are conquered, the military counselors will be put to death. Now the whole realm has been brought under control, it is time that I should be killed.

Variant translation: It's really like people say, 'The rabbit is dead, the excellent hound is burned and killed; the high-flying birds are light, the excellent bows and arrows are collected; the enemy is shattered, and the courtiers die.' Now the world is Now the world is safe, I should have been killed!

As quoted in: The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty (Algora Publishing, 2011) by Hing Ming Hung, p. 178


People say, when all the rabbits have been hunted, the hunting dog will be killed and cooked; when all the swans flying in the sky have been shot...

People say, when all the rabbits have been hunted, the hunting dog will be killed and cooked; when all the swans flying in the sky have been shot...

People say, when all the rabbits have been hunted, the hunting dog will be killed and cooked; when all the swans flying in the sky have been shot...

People say, when all the rabbits have been hunted, the hunting dog will be killed and cooked; when all the swans flying in the sky have been shot...