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　　帝問岳飛曰：「卿 得良馬否？」

　　對曰：「臣有二馬，日啗 芻豆 數斗 ，飲泉一斛 ，然非精潔即不受；介 而馳，初不甚疾，比 行百里，始奮迅，自午至酉 ，猶可二百里，褫 鞍 甲而不息不汗 ，若無事然. 此其受大而不苟取 ，力裕而不求逞 ，致遠之材也. 不幸相繼以死. 今所乘者，日不過數升，而秣不擇粟 <span style="font-family: "新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family: "TimesNewRoman"">，飲不擇泉，攬轡 <span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">未安，踴躍疾驅，甫 <span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">百里，力竭汗喘，殆 <span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">欲斃然. 此其寡取易盈 <span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">，好逞易窮 <span style="font-family: "新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family: "TimesNewRoman"">，駑鈍 <span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">之材也. 」

<p class="A5"><span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　　帝稱善.

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<p class="A5" style="border-style:none;padding:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　　岳飛回答說：「臣原有兩匹馬，每天要吃好幾斗飼料，喝一斛水，但不是精緻清潔的食物便不吃. 披上鞍甲奔馳，起初不很快，等到跑了百里，方才奮力飛奔，從中午到黃昏，還能跑兩百里路；卸下鞍甲後，不喘氣也不流汗，好像沒事的樣子. 這是牠們食量大卻不隨便取用，精力充沛卻不逞強的緣故，真是能夠日行千里的良馬. 可是不幸接連死了. 現在臣所騎的馬，每天只吃幾升，吃飼料不選擇較精潔的小米，飲水也不選擇乾淨的泉水；騎上牠時，還沒拉穩韁繩，就奮力跳躍快跑，才跑了百里路，便力氣用盡、流汗喘氣，幾乎要死掉的樣子. 這是牠吃得少卻容易滿足，愛逞強卻容易力盡的緣故，只是匹才能低劣的馬. 」

<p class="A5" style="border-style:none;padding:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"新細明體","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　　高宗聽了，很是稱許.