What does the nine-square high-profile horse tell us?

The fable "Nine-faced Horse" tells us a truth: to treat people, things and things, we should grasp the essential characteristics, not be confused by superficial phenomena, and be able to see the essence through phenomena.

This is from Liezi Fu Shuo, a book with eight articles, 140 chapter, which consists of philosophical prose, fables, fairy tales and historical stories. Basically, it expresses subtle philosophy in the form of fables.

Story content:

Qin Mugong called Bole and said, "You are old! Who in your family can inherit your search for a swift horse? "

Bole replied: "For a good horse in general, you can observe it from its appearance and bones." The rare swift horse in the world seems to be as if nothing had happened. When a horse like this runs, people can't see the flying dust, and they can't find its running footprints.

My children are all people with low talents. I can tell them the characteristics of a good horse. They can only understand the characteristics of a swift horse, but they can't put it into words. They can't master it according to their own horse experience. However, in the past, among the people who picked vegetables and carried firewood with me, one was called Jiufanggao, and his horse hunting skills were not under me. Please call him. "

So Qin Mugong called Old Gao Fang and told him to look for a swift horse.

After searching around for three months, Jiufanggao came back and reported, "I found a good horse in the sand dunes." Qin Mugong asked, "What kind of horse is that?" Jiu Gaofang replied, "That's a yellow mare."

So Qin Mugong sent someone to look 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 the horse from the male. How can you recognize the swift horse? "

Bole sighed at this moment and said, "The nine-square horse has reached such a state! He is really ten million times taller than me. What Jiu Gaofang saw was the talent and inner quality of horses. Won its exquisiteness, but forgot its roughness; Clearly know its interior, but forget its appearance.

Jiufanggao only sees what needs to be seen, but does not see what does not need to be seen; Only examine what he needs to examine and omit what he doesn't need to observe. The value of the nine-square high-fragrant horse is much higher than that of the swift horse! "

Getting a horse back from the sand dunes is really a well-deserved swift horse, which is rare in the world.