Cheat, Chinese character, read: Pi long n. The main meaning of the word is to deceive, cheat, and deceive people with promises or tricks. Another meaning is to lift one leg to jump up or jump over, such as cheating on one leg. Then why is the word "cheat" next to the word "horse"? Let's get to know.
Before talking about horses, talk about cheating.
However, when did "cheat" and "horse" get involved, and what problems did the word cheat explain next to the word horse? So, what does the meaning of "cheating" have to do with "horse"? If we look up the records in ancient books, the answer turns out to be the original meaning of the word "cheat", which traces the posture of ancient people jumping on the horse. Of course, the meaning of riding is related to the horse, so this word is from "horse". However, in ancient times, the writing meaning of the word "cheat" was to change the position of the two sides, the horse word on the left was changed to the right, and the flat word on the right was changed to the left. In addition, when we look back, no matter how the "horse and Bian" are replaced, they are all the actions of ancient knights on the horse, which is 18000 miles away from the derogatory "cheat".
So, how did the ancient horse riding posture "cheat" evolve into the meaning of modern deception and deception words? Is it true that the "horse" has become a major event and has to carry this big black pot for thousands of years!
In the Qin Dynasty, after the death of Qin Shihuang, his son Qin II succeeded to the throne. The prime minister Zhao Gao wanted to usurp power, but he was worried that other ministers would not accept it. So the prime minister Zhao Gao thought of a way to test the ministers. He presented a deer to Qin II.
Prime Minister Zhao Gao said, "this is a horse."
Qin II smiled and said, "is prime minister Zhao wrong? He said the deer was a horse!"
Prime Minister Zhao Gao deliberately asked other ministers. Some of them were silent, and some wanted to flatter Prime Minister Zhao Gao, so they said it was a horse; Some ministers actually said that they were deer. Afterwards, Zhao Gao took the excuse to kill those ministers who told the truth. Later, people used the metaphor of "referring to a deer as a horse" to confuse black and white and right and wrong. Today, it seems that this is a bold deception.
However, why did Zhao Gao, the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, only talk about deer as horses? There are many animals in the world. The tiger is the king of all animals. Zhao Gao, the Prime Minister of Qin, should say "referring to deer as tiger"; Zhao Gao can also say that "a deer is a cow", and the cow also has the word "Pian", which is also very suitable. In short, the word "horse" was involved in the storm, which was related to the use value of horses in ancient times. The ancient people relied on horses for walking.
"Horse" is an important word in Chinese. There are more than 100 commonly used words composed of it in modern dictionaries. There are more than 50 commonly used idioms composed of it in dictionaries. This is an animal font such as "chicken, duck, cow and sheep" in other aspects, which shows that the meaning of the word is far less than that of "horse". No wonder, because horses are closely related to human life, especially in ancient times when science and technology were not developed, horses were closely related to agriculture, transportation and military.
Let's take a look at the names of horses in ancient times, and we can know that horses once had a glorious history.
A male horse is called a horse;
A mare is called a mule;
A good horse calls a good horse;
A bad horse calls a bad horse;
A horse of one or two years old calls a foal;
A horse of three or four years old is called a dog.
In ancient times, people often called horses according to different colors, which can best reflect subtle differences. It's amazing to list them here.
A black-and-white horse is called a dog;
A yellow and white horse barks;
The black horse calls Li;
A red horse barks;
A horse with red and white hair is called a horse;
A light black horse with mixed hair is called a horse.
The ancients also had a name for the appearance of horses. The fur of a certain part of the body can be distinguished from each other.
The mouth of a yellow horse is black, and it is called a horse;
A horse with a white hind left leg is called a pang;
A horse with white front legs and hoofs is called a dog.
The ancients also had a set of characters with horses as the side to express the shape and action of horses.
Horses run and shout;
The horse stopped to stop;
The horse was frightened;
The horse barks fiercely;
A gentle horse is called tame;
A strong horse is proud.
Although the above examples have been a little dazzling; But you know, the list is only a part. However, it shows that the horse has a close relationship with our ancestors in ancient times. However, why is the deceptive "cheat" only linked to the "horse"? The origin of the word "cheat" cannot be verified now. Now, there is only one thing that can explain that it is easy to understand that human beings have betrayed their friends and put a black pot on horses.
"Deception" has become a modern and fashionable means today. The deceptive tricks we see have finally become the norm. The legal alarm bell of harming others and ourselves is ringing all the time.
If one day, God has nothing to do and looks down from the wellhead of hell, he can see that countless evil people in their lifetime are suffering from the fire of hell because of their evil, with an extremely painful expression on their faces. At this time, a robber saw the merciful Savior and immediately begged God to save him. God knows that this man was a big thief who did all kinds of evil before his life. He cheated people and sex, robbed property and slaughtered creatures; However, he has not done a good deed; Once, when he was walking, he was about to step on a little spider when he suddenly moved his steps and let the little spider go, which became a rare good cause in his life.
Thinking of this, God thought that the thief had a trace of kindness, so he decided to use the power of the little spider to save him from the sea of suffering. Then, God dropped a spider silk from the wellhead. The thief grabbed the silk as hard as he found a life-saving straw, and then climbed up with all his strength. However, other people suffering in the well saw such an opportunity and flocked to seize the silk. No matter how the thieves scolded each other, they just refused to release their hands.
More and more people are tied to the spider silk. The thief is worried that the spider silk is too thin to bear the weight of so many people and destroys his only hope to get out of the sea of suffering, so the thief cuts off the spider silk under himself with a knife. As a result, the spider silk suddenly disappeared, and all the people fell into the eternal hell again. The thief didn't even have the last pity, so God gave up his pity. In fact, since the spider silk is thrown down by God, it will not break if no one cuts it.
God knows that thieves deceive others and themselves. People's greed and desire are endless. This truth is also a guiding light for subversion.
Say horses, they are human friends; Lying is the weakness and root of human beings.