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Sun Yang (traditional Chinese: 孫陽; simplified Chinese: 孙阳; pinyin: Sūn Yáng; Wade–Giles: Sun¹ Yang²), better known by the honorific name of Bole or Bo Le (Po-le; traditional Chinese: 伯樂; simplified Chinese: 伯乐; pinyin: Bólè; Wade–Giles: Po²-le⁴) was a horse tamer in Spring and Autumn period, a retainer for the 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").

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Painting of Archer and Horse attributed to Yelü Bei (899-937)
Drawing of Horse and Groom by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)
Eastern Han Dynasty bronze of a physiognomically ideal "Flying Horse".

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