The translation of the classical Chinese of Jiu Fang Gao Xiang Ma is as follows:

Qin Mugong summoned Bole and said, "You are old! Who in your family can inherit your search for maxima? "

bole replied, "for a good horse in general, you can observe it from its appearance and bones. And the rare swift horse in the world seems to be looming if there is nothing. When a horse like this runs, people can't see the flying dust and can't find the footprints of its running.

My children are all people with low talents. I can tell them about the characteristics of a good horse. For the characteristics of a swift horse, it can only be understood, but it is beyond words. Judging by their own horse experience, they can't master it. However, among the people who have picked vegetables and carried firewood with me in the past, there is a man named Jiufanggao, whose horse-hunting skills are not under me. Please ask your majesty to summon him. "

So Qin Mugong summoned Jiufanggao and told him to look for swift horses everywhere.

after searching everywhere for three months, Jiufanggao came back and reported, "I have found a good horse in the sand dunes." Qin Mugong asked, "What kind of horse is that?" Jiu Fanggao replied, "That is a yellow mare."

So Qin Mugong sent for it, but it was a black stallion. At this time, Qin Mugong was very unhappy, so he called Bole and said to him, "It's broken! The person you recommend can't even tell the color of a horse from that of a male or a female, so how can you recognize a swift horse? "

Bole sighed at this moment and said, "Jiufang Gao Xiangma has reached such a state! He is really ten million times taller than me. What Jiu Fanggao sees is the talent and inner quality of horses. Won its subtlety, but forgot its roughness; Know its interior clearly, but forget its appearance.

Jiufanggao only sees what he needs to see, but can't see what he doesn't need to see; Only inspect what he needs to inspect and leave out what he doesn't need to observe. The value of Jiufanggao Xiangma is much higher than that of Maxima! "

After the horse was brought back from the sand dunes, it was really a well-deserved swift horse, which was rare in the world.