Qiān yáng zhī pí, bùrú yī hú zhī yè.

Lit A thousand pieces of sheep's skin are not worth one [special piece of] fox's fur.

Fig A thousand ordinary people are not worth one able person.

Note [Cf. Shǐ Jì: Zhào Shì Jiā; note: yè refers to the fur taken from the armpits of foxes, highly prized and used to make hú pí dàyī, coats made from strips of this fur; see also qiānjīn zhī qiú above.]

Topics ABILITY CLOTHING COMPARISON FURS Shǐ Jì SKILL VALUE