According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Huangong, his ministers and other friends attacked the lonely bamboo country and got lost when they came back. Guan said: Old horses can find their way. So let the old horse walk in front, everyone followed, and sure enough found the way home. See that everything in the forest is finished. Later, "an old horse knows the way" was used to describe an experienced or experienced person. Wang's "Playing a Long Sentence for the Suffering of Scholars": "Gentlemen don't communicate with each other, but an old horse still knows the way."
2. Kill the horse and destroy the car
Feng Liang, a native of Nanyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was ordered to visit Du You at the age of 30. He was ashamed to do this job, destroying cars and killing horses on the road, tearing clothes and hats, and fled to Qianwei to learn from Du Fu. When his wife went to see him, she saw a dead horse, a broken car and broken clothes in the grass beside the road. She thought she was hurt by tigers and wolves, so she mourned for him. It was ten years before he returned to his hometown. See Zhou Xie Chuan in the later Han Dynasty. Later used as a hidden allusion. Su Song's poem "Catch locusts on Fuyunling" is the second of two poems: "Kill horses and destroy cars, and then die. Where will my son ask about the luggage? "
3. Blind people blind horses
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Xuan, Yin Zhongkan and others made thrilling remarks in the competition. Huan Xuan said, "The spearhead is like a knife." Yin Zhong can say: "Centenarians climb dead branches." Gu Kaizhi said: "The baby is lying on the hoist on the well." Yin Zhongkan, a man who joined the army was present. He finally said, "A blind man rides a blind horse and comes to a deep pool in the middle of the night." Yin Zhongkan was stunned and said, "Aggressive!" See Shi Shuo Xin Yu Pai Diao. Later, he used the metaphor of "the blind touch the elephant and blind the horse" to describe being in danger or taking risks. Yang Mo's Song of Youth, chapter 14: "You can't rush blindly."
4. Call a deer a horse
Qin Zhaogao pointed to a deer in front of him to test the ministers' attitude towards him and insisted that it was a horse. The younger generation smiled and said, "The Prime Minister is wrong. This is a deer. " Ask people around you, some are afraid of Zhao Gao, saying it's a horse, and some don't talk. Others said it belonged to deer, who were assassinated by Zhao Gao. From then on, all ministers were afraid of Zhao Gao. See Historical Records of Qin Shihuang. Later, the metaphor of "referring to a deer as a horse" was used to reverse black and white. "Wake up the world and say that Qian Xiucai mistakenly occupied the Phoenix": "The East Bed has been selected, and I don't know if the sheep will be exchanged for cattle; In the end, it's hard to call a deer a horse, even if the western neighbors are responsible.
5. Sun Bin horse racing
The emissary of the State of Qi came to Daliang, and Sun Bin secretly visited him as a criminal, touching the emissary of the State of Qi with words. The emissary of Qi thought this man was extraordinary, so he secretly drove him back to Qi. Tian Ji, the general of Qi, appreciated him very much and treated him like a guest of honor. Tian Ji often raced with the Duke of Qi and made huge bets. Bin Sun found that their strength is the same, which can be divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. So Sun Bin said to Tian Ji, "You bet big and I can let you win." Tian Ji believed it, agreed to it, and used his daughter to gamble with the King of Qi and his sons. The game is about to start. Sun Bin said, "Now deal with their superior horse with your inferior horse, their middle horse with your superior horse, and their inferior horse with your middle horse." After three games, Tian Ji won one game, but not two, and finally won the money bet of the King of Qi. So Tian Ji recommended Sun Bin to Qi Weiwang. Wang Wei asked him about the art of war and accepted him as his teacher.
6, 1000 dollars for bones
In 3 14 BC, civil strife broke out in Yan State, and neighboring Qi State took the opportunity to send troops and occupied part of Yan State's territory.
After Yan Zhaowang proclaimed himself emperor, he eliminated civil strife and determined to recruit talented people, revitalize Yan State and regain lost territory. Although Yan Zhaowang had such a call, not many people defected to him. So, Yan Zhaowang went to a man named Guo Kun and asked him how to get a virtuous person.
Guo Kui told Yan Zhaowang a story: Once upon a time, a monarch was willing to buy a swift horse with his daughter. But three years later, Maxima didn't buy it. An unknown person under the monarch volunteered to buy a swift horse, and the monarch agreed. It took the man three months to find a good horse somewhere. However, when he got to the house, the horse was already dead. So he bought the horse's bones with 500 gold and gave them back to the monarch. The monarch was very unhappy when he saw the horse bones bought at a very expensive price. The person who bought the horse bones said, I did this to let everyone know that your majesty really wanted to buy a horse at a high price, not to deceive others. Sure enough, in less than a year, someone sent three swift horses.
After telling the above story, Guo Kun said to Yan Zhaowang, "If your king really wants talents, you should let the whole world know that you really want talents, just like a monarch who bought a swift horse. You can start with me. People will see that people like me can be reused, and people who are more talented than me will come to you. " Yan Zhaowang thought this was reasonable, so he took Guo Kun as his teacher and gave him a generous salary. And let him establish "Huang Jintai" as a place to recruit talents from all over the world. Shortly after the news spread, some talented celebrities and sages came to express their willingness to help Yan Zhaowang govern the country. After more than 20 years' efforts, Yan finally became strong, defeated Qi and regained the occupied land.
At present, there is a Jintaichen village at the junction of Yixian and Dingxing in Hebei Province. It is said that this village is where Yan Zhaowang built Huang Jintai.
7. Classic story of Korean blood horse
Han blood horse used to have a red substance flowing out of its neck, which seemed to be bleeding, so it was called. China was called "Dawanma" and "Bipolar Tianma" in ancient times, but now it is called "Ahama". Two thousand years ago, the horses in the world were in a primitive state. In Turkmenistan, an arid desert oasis in Central Asia, there is an excellent fast horse, the Han blood horse. Zhang Qian went to the Great Wall and found a horse of China descent. When Zhang Qian reported to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu ordered Zhang Qian to take a delegation of more than 100 people to Dawan country (now Turkmenistan) to beg for horses, and brought a model of a golden horse, hoping to get a Dawan horse. As a result, Dawanguo refused. On the way home, Ambassador China was killed and Golden Horse was robbed. Dawanguo is a small closed country, and it doesn't know the power of China. This behavior made Emperor Wudi furious and made a decision to take horses by force. Since then, two Great Wanma Wars have broken out. General Li Guangli led tens of thousands of troops to punish the defeat for the first time and win the victory for the second time. Dawanguo donated 3,000 horses to the Han Dynasty, and the second war started from Dawanma, which shows the importance that the Han Dynasty attached to horses. Today, more than 20% of purebred horses are Han-blooded horses, and now Han-blooded horses are the longest-lived horses, which can live to 23 years old.
8. a blessing in disguise
During the Warring States Period, near the northern border town, there lived an old man named Sai Weng. Sai Weng keeps many horses. One day, one of his horses suddenly got lost. When the neighbors heard about it, they all came to comfort him and advised him not to worry too much. When he is old, he should pay more attention to his health. Seeing someone comforting him, Sai Weng smiled and said, "Losing a horse is not a big loss, and maybe it will bring some blessings."
The neighbors were amused by Sai Weng's words. Losing the horse is obviously a bad thing, but he thinks it may be a good thing, obviously just comforting himself. A few days later, the lost horse not only went home automatically, but also brought back a Xiongnu war horse.
When the neighbors heard about it, they all admired Sai Weng's foresight and congratulated him one after another, saying, "You still have foresight. Not only did you not lose your horse, but you were lucky to bring back a good horse. " Sai Weng listened to his neighbor's congratulations, but he was not happy at all. He said anxiously, "A good horse for nothing is not necessarily a blessing, but it may cause some trouble."
Neighbors think his posturing is purely the cunning of the elderly. I was very happy, but I didn't mean to say it.
Sai Weng has an only son who likes riding horses very much. He found that the horse he brought back was a good horse, with long hooves, loud neighing, fat and fierce. He rides a horse every day. He is proud of himself.
One day, he was so happy that he ran into a horse, galloped, fell, fell off his horse and broke his leg. When the neighbors heard about it, they came to offer their condolences.
Sai Weng said, "Nothing. It may be a blessing to be able to save your life if you break your leg. " Neighbors think he's talking nonsense again. They can't figure out what good luck a broken leg will bring. Soon, Xiongnu soldiers invaded on a large scale and young people were recruited into the army. Sai Weng's son can't join the army because he broke his leg. All the young men who joined the army died in battle, but only Sai Weng's son saved his life.
9. Qin Qiong sells horses.
At the end of Sui Dynasty, Qin Qiong, a Shandong hero who worked in Jinan, was ordered to work in Luzhou. Unfortunately, he fell ill in the shop and all the expenses were used up. In desperation, he took his beloved mount, Huang Feima, to sell it in Erxian Village outside the west gate.
Qin tied the yellow fat horse under the locust tree in the south of Zhuangnan. Dan, the owner of Erxian Village, heard that someone was selling horses, so he went to photograph it. As early as in Shandong, Qin had heard that he was a hero, but now he is down and out, too shy to give his real name. It happened that Dan heard that the horse seller was from Jinan, so he invited him to your house for tea, and also inquired about Qin, a hero in Shandong who had long admired him. Qin lied: "The person asked outside is my brother's best friend." When Xiong Xin learned that he and Uncle Bao were friends, he immediately wrote a letter to Uncle Bao, paid the horse price of 320 taels of silver, plus 320 taels of Cheng Yi, which was not included in the horse price, and also took two pieces of silk as a gift.
Said Qin deceive Dan, but met another hero Wang Bodang in Luzhou restaurant. Petain informed Dan Xiong Xin, which led Xiong Xin to look for Qin Baoshu everywhere. Later, the two heroes finally got to know each other. Dan Xiong Xin treated them warmly and let Uncle Bao live in Erxian Village for eight months. When he left, Dan Xiong Xin gave his Huang Ma a gold stirrup and a silver saddle, and gave Ruth and a large sum of money. Since then, they have become close friends. Subsequently, the two men United with the dynasty in overthrowing the peasant uprising and made indelible contributions to the uprising. After the rise of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong defended the Tang Dynasty all his life, while Dan Xiong Xin resisted to the end. Although Shan and Qin parted ways later, the brotherhood forged in the adversity remained the same. & lt< Let's talk about the Tang Dynasty >> In "Qin Qiong built a shrine to Xiong Xin", Qin Qiong heard that Xiong Xin was captured and Pegasus came to rescue him. Go to the front and your head has landed. Uncle Bao knelt on the ground holding Xiong Xin's head, heartbroken. Later, Xiong Xin and his wife were buried together outside the south gate of Luoyang, and an ancestral temple named "Hoonji" was built to repay the kindness of Luzhou.
10, the new "magic story"
Once upon a time, there was a child named Ma Liang. He likes painting, but his family is too poor to buy a pen. When he went up the mountain to cut wood, he painted birds in the sky and animals in the forest with branches on the ground. When he mowed the grass by the river, he drew flowing rivers and fish in the water on the beach with a stick. The walls at home are crawling with bugs. He has a dream. He wants to get a pen to draw for the poor. Sure enough, when Ma Liang woke up, he really had a pen in his hand. He happily picked up a pen and drew a bird on the wall. The bird flew away from the wall. Ma Liang has a magic pen. He sends pictures to poor families every day, and whoever lacks anything draws anything. Some people heard that Ma Liang had a magic pen, so they kidnapped him and asked him to withdraw money. Ma Liang resolutely refused to draw. They put Ma Liang in the room, and Ma Liang drew a door with magic. When the door was pushed open, Ma Liang ran out. One day, Ma Liang saw an old man with limited mobility on the road. Sweating profusely, he drew him a car. Suddenly someone took Ma Liang away. Ma Liang pulled out a knife and cut off their legs. No one dares to bully Ma Liang in the future, and Ma Liang has the right to draw anything he likes again.
1 1, the story of the nine-square high fragrant horse
Qin Mugong said to Bole, "You are old. Is there anyone in your family who can match a horse? " Bole replied: "A good horse can be seen from its appearance and bones, while a swift horse is elusive, and its characteristics are looming. If so, my sons are all people with low talents. I can tell them what a good horse is, but I can't tell them what a swift horse is. " I have a friend named Jiufanggao, who is as good at flattery as me. Please summon him! Qin Mugong called Jiufanggao and told him to find Maxima. "。
Three months later, Jiu Gaofang came back and reported to Qin Mugong: "The swift horse has been found, on the sand dune." Mu Gong asked him, "What kind of horse is it?" Jiu Gaofang replied, "It's a yellow mare." Qin Mugong sent someone to look for it, but it turned out to be a stallion, and it was black. Qin Mugong was very unhappy, so he called Bole and said to him, "This is too bad. The man you asked me to send to find a swift horse can't even tell the color and sex of the horse. How do you know if it is a swift horse? " Bole sighed and said, "He is really good at flattery! This is why he surpassed me! "
12, "Bole knows horses" is also called "Bole loves horses", which comes from "Warring States Policy Chu Ce IV".
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Sun Yang, who had a special ability to identify a swift horse. Sun Yang is good at judging a horse from its appearance. All the horses he loves must be thousands of miles away. Someone once sold a horse in the street. After waiting for three days, no one asked. After being photographed by Sun Yang, the horse was worth ten times. This shows his talent in horse photography. Later, people called him Bole, the horseshoe in the sky. In Tang Dynasty, Han Yu wrote in Miscellaneous Notes: "There are Bole in the world, and then there are swift horses. There are often swift horses, but Bole is not often. " It is to explain the significance of discovering and selecting talents.
According to this story, people use the idiom "Bole knows horses" to describe people of insight who are good at discovering and selecting talents.
13, the story of Wang Hai's horse training
Horse, originally a wild animal, was first called "fire beast". In the era of the Yellow Emperor 5000 years ago, people lived a nomadic life with uncertain migration. Legend has it that once, the men of the Yellow Emperor captured a wild horse. Whenever people get close to it, its front hoof will fly, its head will scream, or its hind legs will collapse, but it will not hurt people and other animals, but only eat grass. At that time, people didn't know this animal, so they asked the Yellow Emperor to identify it. The yellow emperor observed it for a long time, but he couldn't recognize what animal it was. He only asked everyone not to kill it, and sent Wang Haixian, an expert in animal domestication, to fence it with wooden fences.
After a while, Wang Hai found several red wild horses coming outside the railing. They kept barking at the wild horses in the railing and refused to leave. A day later, Wang Hai opened the wooden fence door. Unexpectedly, several wild horses rushed into the wooden fence outside, mixed with the wild horses in the fence, brayed at each other for a while, and then lay down again. Wang Hai closed the railing door and fed them with the cut grass. Before long, one of the horses suddenly gave birth to a pony. Wang Hai is very happy. The news spread and people came to watch. These wild horses have been in contact with people for a long time, and it seems that people don't want to hurt them, so they don't panic in front of people and become very docile. Ponies, in particular, like to play with people.
One day, after feeding the horse, Wang Hai pulled out a tame horse and jumped on it. The horse was surprised and suddenly flew into the air, throwing Wang Hai, who was unprepared, on his back. By the time Wang Hai got up from the ground, the horse had run far away. Wang Hai stood up and looked at the horse that ran farther and farther. He was so anxious that he thought it would never come back. Just about to go back, unexpectedly, the horse that ran far turned around and ran back. Wang Hai was so happy that he quickly led the horse into the inner ring of the railing. Later, he thought of a way to twist mulberry bark into a rope, tie it to the horse's head and pull it out slowly. Then jump on horseback. The horse still flies like the first time. This time, Wang Hai learned the last lesson. One hand gripped the rope tied to the horse's head, and the other hand tightened the horse's mane. No matter how fast the horse flies, Wang Hai won't let go. After running for a while, the speed of the horse slowed down until the horse stopped running. Wang Haicai pulled the horse's head over and rode back slowly.
After Wang Hai succeeded in riding a horse, he caused a sensation among many people at once. Hou Feng, Ying Long, Chang Xian and Da Hong all came to watch, and soon the Yellow Emperor knew about it. Ying Long, the general around the Yellow Emperor, was of course more interested in riding horses. He actively assisted Wang Hai in training horses and practicing riding. At this time, an unfortunate thing happened. One morning, Wang Hai and Ying Long got up to practice horses and forgot to close the railing door. A tiger broke into the circle when no one was around and killed the lovely pony. He was just about to open his mouth to eat when he was found. The tiger jumped out of the railing and ran away before eating the pony. When Wang Hai and Ying Long saw that the foal was killed by a tiger, they felt sick with anger. They immediately took bows and arrows and rode in the direction of the tiger's escape. They ran dozens of mountains in one breath. Finally found this tiger. The two men aimed at the target, fired several arrows in succession and shot the tiger to death in the valley. On the way back, Wang Hai and Ying Long rode horses and killed some deer. Unexpectedly, their actions attracted the attention of the wind. After the storm, he is always wise and resourceful. When his mind moved, he said to the Yellow Emperor, "Since riding a horse can chase tigers and shoot beasts, can you also ride a horse to chase the enemy in war?" After the wind broke, he suggested that the Yellow Emperor order: "Hunters from all tribes are not allowed to shoot wild horses in the future. Whoever can catch the wild horse will be rewarded. " The Yellow Emperor not only agreed to this suggestion, but also began to practice riding by himself. He ordered Ying Long and Wang Hai to carefully raise and train more than 200 wild horses they captured. Ying Long specially selected more than 200 capable young people to train horses and men from morning till night every day. After more than two years of training, the earliest cavalry of the Chinese nation was born. This cavalry played an important role in Zhuolu War.
14, according to the map
Bole was a famous figure who was good at fragrant horses in ancient times. He wrote The Classic of Fragrant Horses.
According to Xiang, the appearance of a good horse is a highly reflective sun and a round hoof. His son went out to look for a good horse, with the Sweet Horse Sutra in his hand.
As soon as the son went out and saw a toad, he said to his father, "I found a good horse, which is basically the same as that in Xiangma Jing, except that the hoof is not round."
Bole knew that his son was stupid, so he turned his anger into a smile and said, "The horse you are looking for likes jumping, but he can't make a car."
This is the story of "follow the map".
15, fable "Fox and Horse"
A farmer has a hard-working horse, but now the horse is old and can't work, so the farmer doesn't want to feed the horse any more. He said to the horse, "I don't need you anymore." Leave the stable and go by yourself. When you are stronger than a lion, I will naturally bring you back. "
After that, he opened the door and let the horse make a living by himself.
The poor horse is very sad. It wandered aimlessly in the forest. The cold wind with drizzle aggravated its pain. It wants to find a small shelter from the rain. Soon, it met a fox, and the fox asked it, "My good friend, what's wrong with you?" Why do you look depressed and sad? "The horse sighed and replied," Hey! Justice and meanness cannot live in the same house. My master has completely forgotten what I have worked so hard for him for years. Because I couldn't work anymore, he kicked me out and said that unless I became stronger than a lion, he would take me back. Do I have this ability? In fact, the master also knows that I don't have such ability, otherwise he wouldn't say so. "
Hearing this, the fox told him not to worry, just rest assured, and said, "I will help you." You lay there pretending to be dead. I have my own way. " The horse did as the fox said. The fox ran to the lion's cave and said to him, "Lion King, there is a dead horse lying on the path. Let's go together. You can make a delicious lunch to enjoy. " The lion was very happy and set off at once.
When they came to the place where the horse was lying, the fox said, "You can't finish eating here. I'll tell you how to do it: let me tie its tail firmly to you first, and then you can drag it back to your hole and enjoy it slowly. " The lion appreciates this suggestion. So he lay motionless and let the fox tie him to the horse's back. But the fox managed to tie his legs together and tied the lion firmly into a ball with his greatest strength, so that the lion could not break free.
When all the cooking was finished, the fox patted the horse on the shoulder and said, "Get up!" " Old horse head, you can go! "The horse jumped up, dragged the lion behind its tail and left. The lion knew that he had been fooled by the fox and began to roar. The loud roar scared away all the birds in the tree. But the old horse barked as he liked, just walked slowly across the field and finally dragged the lion to his master's house.
He said to his master, "master, the lion is coming." I have taken care of it. " When the master saw his old horse, he felt sorry for it and said, "You can live in the stable, and I will treat you well." So the poor old horse had something to eat again, and its owner kept it until it died.