Bole comments on horses-praising people who are good at discovering talents

According to legend, the immortal who manages horses in the sky is called Bole. In the world, people call a person who is good at distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of horses Bole.

The first person is Bole, whose real name is Sun Yang, and he was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his excellent research on horses, people forgot his original name and simply called him Bole, which has continued to this day.

On one occasion, Bole was entrusted by the King of Chu to buy a good horse that could walk in dry fields every day. Bole explained to the king of Chu that swift horses are rare and hard to find. He needs to travel around the country. Please rest assured that the king of Chu will try his best to get things done.

Bole has traveled to several countries, even Zhao Yan, which is famous for its famous horses, has searched carefully, and it has been difficult to find a good horse. One day, Bole came back from Qi. On the way, he saw a horse pulling a salt cart and struggling on a steep slope. This horse is tired and it is difficult to take every step. Bole has always been very close to horses and can't help walking up to him. When the horse saw Bole approaching, it suddenly raised its head, widened its eyes and screamed loudly, as if to tell Bole something. Bole immediately judged from his voice that this was a rare good horse.

Bole said to the driver, "This horse gallops on the battlefield, and no other horse can match it, but it is not as good as an ordinary horse when it is used to pull a cart." You'd better sell it to me. "The driver thinks Bole is a big fool. He thought the horse was ordinary, and he had no strength to pull the cart. He ate too much and was thin, so he agreed without hesitation. Bole led a swift horse and went straight to Chu. Bole led the horse to the Chu Palace, patted the horse on the neck and said, "I found a good master for you." Like a swift horse, he understood the meaning of Bole, raised his front hoof and rattled, making his neck long, hissing and loud, like a stone pot of a big clock, reaching the sky. The king of Chu heard the neighing of horses and walked out of the palace. Bole pointed to the horse and said, "Your Majesty, I brought you a swift horse. Please watch carefully. "The king of Chu saw that Bole's horse was so thin that he thought Bole had fooled him and was a little unhappy. He said, "I believe you can look at the horse before buying it, but what kind of horse did you buy?" This horse is difficult to walk. Can it go to war? Bole said: "this is indeed a swift horse, but it looks very thin after being dragged for a long time and not carefully fed." As long as it is carefully fed, it will definitely restore physical strength within half a month. " The king of Chu was a little skeptical, so he ordered the groom to try his best to feed the horse. Sure enough, the horse became thin and handsome. The king of Chu whipped his horse, only to feel that the wind was blowing around his ears and the time for breathing had already run out of a hundred miles away.

Later, a swift horse galloped the battlefield for the king of Chu and made great contributions. The king of Chu has more respect for Bole.

carefree

Words and phrases are like kaleidoscopes played by children, which have changed endlessly through the ages. Many ancient words have been eliminated, and new words have emerged constantly, enriching the ancient books of words. The new word "Ma Daha" is an example.

"Ma Daha" refers to a careless person who doesn't care whether he smiles or not. I said it was a new word, but for Hong Kong people, it was the cross talk "Buy a Monkey" written by Ma in the 1950s.

In our real life, there are indeed some people who are naturally careless, careless in everything they do, too lazy to seriously review themselves, and often laugh it off. It is appropriate to call such people "careless".

The name of that cross talk was "Buy a Monkey", which was popular all over the country in 1950s. The story is about a cadre named "Ma Daha", who is famous for his irresponsibility and carelessness. He wrote an announcement, originally telling him to "go to the northeast corner (Tianjin) to buy 50 boxes of monkey brand soap". However, the flying pen was scrawled and misspelled as "going to the Northeast to buy 50 monkeys".

As a result, Ma Daha's leadership is also bureaucratic, criticizing without looking at the content; Ma Daha's colleagues and subordinates are used to blindly following the work style, and they go on business trips to perform tasks without asking for instructions, making many jokes that make people laugh. For example, I traveled all over China to purchase monkeys; Although all localities are surprised by the bizarre "shopping list" of Tianjin buyers, they still catch monkeys everywhere and deliver them; After the monkeys were shipped back, they came out and made a scene in the department store.

This cross talk was once criticized as "anti-Party", but the word "Ma Daha" quickly spread throughout the country.

Flattering flatterer

Flatterer; Flatterer

Belated action or suggestion

Monday morning quarterback (m. Hope)

Interpreting chess terms. Take measures afterwards, but to no avail.

Chu Yuan Wu Ming's "Crossing the River with wits" is the third fold: "Now the military adviser has to pay the bill, so eldest brother needs to worry about it. Don't be late. "

The formal use of law; Become an object; A derogatory metaphor for inappropriate behavior.

For example, the 29th time of Xia Qingjing's song "Wild Acid Exposes Words": "When people are dead, it's too late to put them here."

Ex post facto synonyms

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In history, chess may appear a little later. At first, people only played Go, not chess. According to Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Han Dynasty, "Yi, Weiqi is also." This shows that Weiqi appeared the earliest, so all chess games refer to Weiqi. According to Zhang Hua's Natural History in the Jin Dynasty, "Yao Li taught his son to go. Or cloud: Shun is a fool with his son and pretends to teach him. " It is absurd to say that Go was created by Yao Shun. However, Zhang Hua's book can at least prove that Go appeared before the Jin Dynasty. There are many similar statements. There are also records about playing chess in Zhou and Qin philosophers and Shan Hai Jing. Probably Weiqi was very popular as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which is undoubtedly meaningful.

But there are only two black and white games in Go, so it is impossible to use tactics such as Monday morning quarterback. There is no doubt that Monday morning quarterback can only be used in chess. The appearance of chess, according to Liu Xiang's Shuo Yuan in Han Dynasty, was also in the Warring States Period. Whether this is credible remains to be tested. As for some people who say that chess was also founded by Shun, it is a fabrication. Or Liu Xiang said that it was more likely to be founded during the Warring States period. He said: "Zhou said: What is the first step of Yanju's chess fighting?" He added: "Yan Dou Qi dances Zheng Nv." According to this statement, there was already chess in the Warring States period. However, it is not clear what chess was like at that time.

According to the records of most ancient books, chess is recognized as created by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. For example, Yang Shen, Hu, Xie and others in the Ming Dynasty all held this view. Moreover, Geng Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty has two works, Xiang Xi Fu and Jin Xiang Jing Fu Biao, which can testify. The so-called elephant play refers to the game of chess, and the so-called elephant sutra is a diagram of chess.

With the appearance of chess, Monday morning quarterback appeared.

Of course, ancient chess is different from our present chess. According to the Ming Dynasty Hu's "The Origin of Things", "chess was created by Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, and it is different from today's chess with the image of the sun, the moon and the stars." Although the images of the sun, moon and stars are mentioned here, we can't know exactly what they look like. However, the Ming Dynasty has been away from the Northern Zhou Dynasty for too long, so the biography may be unreliable. However, Sima Guang's "Ancient Chess Map" in Song Dynasty is of great reference value. This picture is based on the coexistence of the seven heroes in the Warring States period and is listed as an elephant drama. Each of the seven countries has a general, deviant, a general, a group of people, a gun, a bow, a crossbow, two knives, four swords and four rides. In other words, a chess game is divided into seven parts, representing seven countries. It can be seven people, six people, five people, four people and three people, and the method of cross-linking is adopted. Each country has seventeen, four equals four horses, but there is only one gun. The action law of this gun is similar to that of the gun in chess now. Pictured:

"One shot, no distance to go straight, a game of chess can be played before; There was no separation before, and after playing more than two games of chess, I couldn't hit it. "

This rule is obviously basically the same as the gun in chess now. As for the horse's action law, the picture shows:

"Four riding, four winding roads, that is, straight and oblique."

It is not hard to imagine that there are four horses that can meander four roads. Then, although there is only one shot, the chances of Monday morning quarterback are definitely more than today's chess. Therefore, we might as well make the next judgment, that is to say, Monday morning quarterback and ancient chess appeared at the same time.

But in ancient chess, Monday morning quarterback is a very powerful move, which can often "kill" opponents, just as in chess, Monday morning quarterback is often a move that can kill opponents. In our view, the original meaning of Monday morning quarterback is positive, which is essentially different from the negative meaning of Monday morning quarterback that people say verbally at present.

The change from positive meaning to negative meaning is too great. But this kind of thing is also common, so it's just hindsight.

hornet's nest

The wasp's nest. Metaphor is difficult to deal with people and groups. Example:

His words really stirred up a hornet's nest.

The servant obeyed his master's orders in front of the carriage.

Explain the old soldier who called the horse to clear the way in front. Now it is compared to someone who works for others.

In the poem Du Fu Shu Cheng Nan, the Tang and Han Dynasties said: "One is a pawn, and worms and maggots are born on the back of the whip."