Note 15 — Chapter XII · EXILE AT SUMA
Arthur Waley translation
Chao Kao was plotting to overthrow the Second Emperor (3rd cent. b.c.). He brought his majesty a stag, telling him it was a horse. The Emperor laughed, but some of the Courtiers were so much afraid of Chao Kao that they sided with him and insisted that it was indeed a horse. Then Kao knew that they feared him more than the Emperor and definitely decided to revolt.