天育骠骑歌吾闻天子之马走千里-DeGruyter.pdf

198 天育驃騎歌 4.1 天育驃騎歌 吾聞天子之馬走千里， 今之畫圖無乃是。 是何意態雄且傑， 4 駿尾蕭梢朔風起。 毛為綠縹兩耳黃， 眼有紫燄雙瞳方。 矯矯龍性合變化， 8 卓立天骨森開張。 伊昔太僕張景順， 監牧攻駒閱清峻。 遂令大奴守天育， 10 別養驥子憐神俊。 當時四十萬匹馬， 張公歎其材盡下。 故獨寫真傳世人， 16 見之座右久更新。 年多物化空形影， 嗚呼健步無由騁。 Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/16/19 4:45 PM A Song for the Fleet-mount of the Imperial Stables 199 4.1 A Song for the Fleet-mount of the Imperial Stables I have heard how the Son of Heaven’s horses can run a thousand leagues, what I see pictured here today can be none other than such as these. But what is the temper of this one, aggressive and outstanding?— 4 when its mettlesome tail whishes, the north wind rises. Its coat is pale green, its two ears are yellow, its eyes have purple flames, and its pair of pupils are square. A dragon nature, tough and bold, it is sure to be transformed, 8 standing high apart, its heavenly bones mysteriously extend. Long ago the Master of the Stables, Zhang Jingshun, supervised pasture and had the colts broken, checking for the pure and superior. He then ordered the Chief Slave to keep them for the Imperial Stables, 12 giving special care for the offspring of great steeds, touched by their divine superiority. Back then there were four hundred thousand horses, but Zhang sighed at how their talents were in every way inferior. So he had the portrait of this one alone made to transmit to the world, 16 I see it hung to the right of my seat, and the longer I look, the fresher it grows. As the years grew many, the creature passed on, with this mere outline left, alas for its sturdy pace, it has no means to gallop.