a brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.
好汉一言,快马一鞭。
heedful among the heedless, wide-awake among the sleepy, the wise man advances like a swift horse leaving behind a weak jade.
在众放逸人中不放逸,在众昏睡人中保持警觉,智者有如良马迅速地前进,把疲惫的马远远抛在后头。
upon hearing this, mo zi said, 「if you were driving a swift horse and a goat to ascend the mt. taihang, which one you would whip, the horse or the goat?」
墨子听到以后说:「假如要驾着好马和羊上太行山,如果是你,你是鞭打马好还是鞭打羊好呢?」
upon hearing this, mo zi said, 「if you were driving a swift horse and a goat to ascend 2 the mt. taihang, which one you would whip, the horse or the goat?」
墨子听到以后说:「假如要驾着好马和羊上太行山,如果是你,你是鞭打马好还是鞭打羊好呢?」
it was so far away that odin's swift horse sleipnir took nine nights to reach it.