Original text:

There is Bole in the world, and then there is the thousand-mile horse. A thousand-mile horse often exists, but a bole does not always exist. Therefore, even though there is a thousand-mile horse, it will be carelessly grown and be dead in a stall, never being called as a thousand-mile horse.

A horse that travels a thousand miles can eat as much grain as a stone. Those who eat horses don’t know that they can travel thousands of miles and eat. Although this horse can run a thousand-mile, it is not full of food, lacks strength, and its talent and beauty are not visible, and it is impossible to be as good as an ordinary horse. How can you expect it to be able to run a thousand-mile?

If the horse is not driven according to the right way, if the food is not used to its full potential, if the sound of the horse is not understood, the horse will come upon it and say: "There is no horse in the world!" Woohoo! Is there really no horse evil? In fact, I really don’t know about horses!

Translation:

After Bole exists in the world, there will be a thousand-mile horse. A thousand-mile horse often appears, but Bole does not always appear. Therefore, even if there is a thousand-mile horse, it will only suffer humiliation in the hands of servants and die in the stable alongside ordinary horses. It cannot be known as a thousand-mile horse.

A horse that travels thousands of miles a day can sometimes eat a stone in one meal. The person who feeds the horse does not know how to feed it more feed according to its appetite. Even if such a horse has the ability to run thousands of miles a day, but it is not full of food and has insufficient strength, its talents and good qualities will not be able to express itself. If it wants to be like an ordinary horse, it cannot be achieved, so how can it be expected of it? What about traveling thousands of miles a day?

Push it but not in the correct way, feed it but not enough to make it fully develop its talents, listen to its scream but not understand its meaning. Instead, when he walked up to it with a whip, he said: "There is no thousand-mile horse in the world!" Alas! Is there really no thousand-mile horse? I'm afraid they really don't know how to ride a thousand-mile horse!

Extended information:

1. Creation background

"Ma Shuo" was written from the eleventh year of Zhenyuan (795) to the sixteenth year (800) )between. At that time, Han Yu was just beginning his official career and was unsuccessful. I wrote to the prime minister three times to ask for promotion, but the result was that I was "on standby" for more than 40 days, but "I couldn't achieve my goal", and "I failed to reach the door three times, but I couldn't say goodbye".

Despite this, Han Yu still declared that he was "concerned about the world" and would not escape to the mountains and forests. They attached themselves to Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Dong Jin and Wuning Jiedushi envoy Zhang Jian, but were ultimately not adopted.

Later, they were attached to some Jiedu envoys one after another. In addition, the traitors in the court were in power, the politics was dark, talented people were not valued, and they were depressed and frustrated.

2. Appreciation

"The Story of Horses" is a reasoning article, which looks like a fable but is not a fable. It uses metaphors to reason but does not explain the arguments it holds directly and does not put personal Opinions are imposed on the reader.

Using image thinking to describe what happened to Chollima, he presented the facts and omitted the need to explain the truth. The author used function words (auxiliary words, interjections and connectives) in ancient Chinese to embody the idea of ??singing three times in one sentence. The taste and artistic conception of sighing.

Bo Le's allusions were cited several times by Han Yu (see Han Yu's "Book of Recommendations" and "Preface to Sending Wen Chushi to Heyang"), which shows Han Yu's rough fate.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Ma Shuo