Even in my early days, a historiographer would leave a blank in his text, and he who had a horse would lend him to another to ride. Now, alas! there are no such things.
吾犹及史之阙文也，有马者借人乘之。今亡矣夫！
Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 26
Author: Confucius
