The Classic of Horse Judging
The Rites of Zhou
The Book of Changes
The Masters of Huainan |
The Classic of Horse Judging is China's earliest animal husbandry work on ways to judge horses. It was presumably composed by someone from the Chu State in the late Warring States Period. The name of the author can't be established. The book is in three chapters of about over 5,200 characters in 77 lines. The first chapter is dedicated to the horse judging criteria of Bo Le (a legendary connoisseur of horses) and the second chapter is on judging the horse through their eyes. One can judge a horse's physical strength and running speed by observing the size, fullness, luster and turning movements of its eyes as well as the eyelashes and eye muscles. The third chapter is an explanation of the first chapter. |
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