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马，蹄可以践霜雪，Horses can with their hoofs tread on the hoarfrost and snow,
毛可以御风寒， and with their hair withstand the wind and cold;
齕草饮水， they feed on the grass and drink water;
翘足而陆。 they prance with their legs and leap:
此马之真性也。 this is the true nature of horses.
虽有义台、路寝， Though there were made for them grand towers and large dormitories,
无所用之。 they would prefer not to use them.
及至伯乐，曰： But when Bo-le (arose and) said,
“我善治马。” 'I know well how to manage horses,'
烧之剔之， (men proceeded) to singe and mark them,
刻之雒之，to clip their hair, to pare their hoofs,
连之以羁馽，to halter their heads, to bridle them and hobble them,
编之以皂栈， and to confine them in stables and corrals.
马之死者十二三矣；(When subjected to this treatment), two or three in every ten of them died.
饥之渴之， (Men proceeded further) to subject them to hunger and thirst,
驰之骤之， to gallop them and race them,
整之齐之， and to make them go together in regular order.
前有橛饰之患， In front were the evils of the bit and ornamented breastbands,
而后有鞭厕之威， and behind were the terrors of the whip and switch.
而马之死者已过半矣。(When so treated), more than half of them died.
陶者曰： The (first) potter said,
“我善治埴， 'I know well how to deal with clay;'
圆者中规， and (men proceeded) to mould it into circles as exact as if made by the compass,
方者中矩。” and into squares as exact as if formed by the measuring square.
匠人曰： The (first) carpenter said,
“我善治木， 'I know well how to deal with wood;'
曲者中钩， and (men proceeded) to make it bent as if by the application of the hook,
直者应绳。” and straight as if by the application of the plumb-line.
夫埴、木之性，But is it the nature of clay and wood
岂欲中规矩钩绳哉？to require the application of the compass and square, of the hook and line?
然且世世称之曰：And yet age after age men have praised Bo-le, saying,
“伯乐善治马， 'He knew well how to manage horses,'
而陶、匠善治埴木。”and also the (first) potter and carpenter, saying, 'They knew well how to deal with clay and wood.'
此亦治天下者之过也。This is just the error committed by the governors of the world.

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