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Bole (Po-le; ) or Bo Le was a horse tamer in Spring and Autumn period, and the honorific name of Sun Yang (), who was a retainer of Duke Mu of Qin (r. 659-621 BCE) and a famous judge of horses. Bole was the legendary inventor of equine physiognomy ("judging a horse's qualities from appearance"). ==Names== Sun Yang, with the Chinese surname ''Sun'' 孫 and given name ''Yang'' 陽 (of Yin and yang), was renowned for his extraordinary understanding of horses. Sun Yang was given the Chinese honorific name Bole, and is also known Sun Bole (Henry 1987:28). ''Bo'' 伯 means "eldest" and ''le'' 樂 means "pleasure; happiness"–was a mythological figure who first tamed horses. Bole's name was given to a star, from which he supervised the winged ''tianma'' "heavenly horses". Proposed locations of this Chinese star Bole are with Zaofu 造父 (the legendary charioteer, see below) in Zeta Cephei within Cepheus (Chinese astronomy) (''Book of Jin'', Spring 1988:198), or in the constellation Scorpius (Chinese astronomy) (Harrist 1997:135-6). In Modern Standard Chinese, ''Bole'' figuratively means "good judge of (especially hidden) talent", from the ''chengyu'' idiom ''Bolexiangma'' (). The Classical Chinese expression (from the ''Zhanguo Ce'' below) ''Bole yigu'' () means "to instantly raise the ask price of something". The name Bo Le can also be romanized as Po-le or Po Lo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bo Le」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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