It means Bole first, then Maxima. Maxima is common, but Bole is not.
Ma Shuo Original: Where there is Bole, there is a swift horse. A thousand miles away, there are not many boles. Therefore, although there are famous horses, only (zhǐ) was humiliated by slaves, and (pián) died in troughs (cáo) and (li), which is not called a thousand miles.
When a horse travels a thousand miles, it must eat (stone) or eat (stone) (Dan). Horse eaters don't know that they can eat thousands of miles. This is a horse. Although it has the ability to travel thousands of miles, it is beautiful only because it has little food and is weak, and it can't compete with a regular horse at all. Why not ask it to travel thousands of miles?
If you don't follow its path, you can't make full use of your food, but you can't understand its meaning. If you stick to your strategy, you will face it and say, "There are no horses!" " Oh! Is there really no horse evil? I really don't know anything about horses.
Bole comes first, then swift horse. Maxima is common, but Bole is not. So even if there are precious horses, they can only be humiliated by the groom and die in the valley with ordinary horses. They are not called swift horses.
A horse that walks thousands of miles a day can sometimes eat a stone of grain at a meal. Horse owners don't know that it has the ability to walk thousands of miles a day and feed it like an ordinary horse. Although such a horse has the ability to travel thousands of miles a day, its talent and morality will not be revealed if it is not full and has insufficient strength. It is impossible to be on an equal footing with an ordinary horse. How can you ask it to walk thousands of miles every day?
Driving a swift horse, you can't take the right path; Feeding it can't give full play to its talents; Listen to the neigh of a swift horse, but I can't understand its meaning. I just stood in front of it with a whip and said, "There is no swift horse in the world!" Alas, is there really no maxima? I'm afraid I really don't know Maxima! ?
Writing background: Han Yu was ambitious and brilliant when he was young. After he was buried at the age of 25, he lived in Beijing for a long time and could not get an official position. He had to "run to wait on officials" and "count on others to measure the time and the moon every day" (with Li Aoshu). It was not until 10 years later that he was recalled to the court at the age of 35. This bumpy experience is exactly what the author wrote. I am aware of the injustice of the rulers to the lower intellectuals, and I deeply appreciate the grievances and pains of the lower intellectuals. Therefore, the author wrote this article under the guidance of the idea of "seeing off Meng Dongye", in connection with the suppression of talents by the ruling group at that time, and the situation of being overqualified and inferior.