Red hare is one of the most famous horses in ancient times, but how did it get its name? It was a horse, but it turned out to be a rabbit. How did the ancients pay attention to the names of horses? In fact, we can analyze one or two from the names of horses in these three countries. Names are usually obtained from two aspects, one is color, and the other is speed. "Red" is the color, and "rabbit" is as sensitive and flexible as rabbits. The origin of Nian Red Rabbit's name is not recorded, so I'm afraid we have to dig deep to find out the truth.
A novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, depicts countless heroes and heroic generals and counselors. Who will fight in the Three Kingdoms? Lyu3 bu4 was forced by Tian Fang's painting halberd, so he applauded the saddle. That famous horse will be a BMW. Lu Bu's mount is a famous red rabbit horse. This horse walks thousands of miles every day, wading and climbing mountains, like shoes on the ground. Riding on it, Lu Bu gained the reputation of "Lu Bu's man, red rabbit horse". Later, Red Rabbit and Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou together. It is widely known and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you want to ask the audience in China which was the first horse in ancient times, it is estimated that most people will answer: Red Rabbit!
Although Red Rabbit is famous, its name is very strange. My little nephew asked me why the red rabbit was called the red rabbit. I hesitated for a long time without saying why. Is it a red rabbit? This seems unconvincing.
Let's analyze why this horse is called red rabbit.
If you look at Cao Cao's famous horse "Ghost", the name will be much simpler and more appropriate. You can tell from the name that it must be BMW. It can't even catch up with the shadow when it runs! It must be a very famous horse. Recorded Cao Cao's pursuit. Thanks to running all the way, Cao Cao was pacified. )
How did the name Red Rabbit come from?
Here we will introduce the naming of ancient horses.
The first one was named after wool.
We know that in ancient times, horses were respected animals, and the vocabulary related to horses was much richer than the vocabulary we use now. So in addition to the horse's personality, many characters have been created, which is also related to the color of the horse's fur. So the words "ride", "pull", "ride" and "ride" appeared. If it is a good dark horse, it is called a dark horse. Xiang Yu once wrote a song: "When things are bad, I hope I don't die, but what can I do when I hope I don't die?" ! If Wu's hooves are all white, it's called Wu stepping through the snow. If the front hoof is a little white, it is called black pig's hoof kicking snow. During the Shu Wei period, Hu Yan was stolen by Taohua Mountain. In addition, there is the claw imperial concubine hall.
The second one is named after speed.
The horse named after speed has just been introduced by everyone. Huang Feidian also stressed that speed is like flying electricity. Another example is Zhou Muwang's eight horses traveling around the world. As the cloud says, "Wang Yu controls the Eight Dragons and Horses, saying that the Jedi practice less; Two birds with feathers; The three of them took to the night road and traveled thousands of miles at night. Four super shadows, walking day after day; More than five times, Yao Bing, Mao Se; Six super lights, one shape and ten shadows; The seven men rose in the fog and ran in the clouds. Eight of them have wings and fleshy wings. "Look at this name is apt and overbearing, you know it's a rare BMW!
Let's analyze the red rabbit according to its name: red stands for red, and rabbit stands for rabbit? Is it a red horse that runs as fast as a rabbit?
Some people will explain this, because rabbit means agile in ancient times. There is an old saying in China, "Quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit". Picking rabbits is quick, smart and agile. It's perfect to describe a swift horse! In addition to folk proverbs, ancient books seem to confirm this statement. Lu wrote in "Water Margin" that "flying rabbits are haunted, old horses".
You see, there were red rabbits and flying rabbits in ancient times. Gaoyou added another sentence in this paragraph: "Flying rabbits are also the names of horses. You walk on Wan Li Road every day, and you fly like a rabbit because you think you are famous. " The name of BMW comes from running like a white rabbit, so it is called flying rabbit.
So that means you run as fast as a rabbit?
Actually, not necessarily.
Let's start with Gaoyou's comments. Gaoyou was a university student in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was probably his family's opinion to interpret flying rabbits as flying rabbits. Besides, you see, the flying rabbit thought it was a flying dodo, which means flying tiger. Gao probably made a natural mistake!
Painting was often used in ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a minister named Chu. Yu Tu, Dou Gu. It is said that this brother was born on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is a big day to hurt his father and hinder his mother. So, his mother threw him directly into Yunmengze. When the tiger saw that the baby didn't eat, he still gave him milk. In Chu, "milk" is called "valley". So the whole name is interpreted as a child raised by a tiger. Similarly, there is a place in Shandong called "mound", which actually refers to tiger skin. During the Han Dynasty, there was a "Xuantu County" in Liaodong. Xuanzhe, black, is Hei Hu. Northeast China was originally the birthplace of tigers, perhaps because the ancients found a rare beast Hei Hu here, so this county was named Xuantu.
Dude, look at the difference between these two words. The soft and lovely little white rabbit turned into a fierce and cruel tiger!
However, it is strange to interpret a swift horse like red dodder as running as fast as a rabbit. It feels different to interpret a good horse as a tiger.
However, the silk book "Biography of Wood" unearthed from the No.3 Han Tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha, defines the shape of a maxima as follows: "Take rabbit head and shoulders, fox grass ears, bird eye neck, fin ridge, rabbit, fox, bird and fish, and don't take the rest."
Some people here interpret the rabbit as dodder, saying that the head of a maxima should be like the head of a tiger. This statement seems too far-fetched. Look at the horse's head first, and then at the tiger's head. Forgive my myopia. I have never seen a horse like a tiger.
What does this passage mean? In fact, a good horse and a rabbit are related.
The following is the second explanation of red rabbit: red rabbit means that the head of a horse is shaped like a rabbit. The ancients divided the horse's head into straight head, rabbit head, concave head, wedge head and half rabbit head. The so-called rabbit head and half rabbit head means that the horse's nose protrudes slightly, which is very similar to the rabbit head. Most rabbits are very big. They are tall and strong and run like lightning. Therefore, the ancient people's evaluation of dark horses is an important external standard for evaluating good horses. Record: "The horse's head should be as high as the human head, square and heavy. It's best to eat less meat, just like peeling a rabbit's head. Life is like a stick wrapped in cotton wool, and it is wide and long, with a square forehead, full and clear meat, straight bones, deep into the yuan, and a half-wind cheek. "
So you can say "red rabbit" and "red dodder", but these two names have nothing to do with "running as fast as a rabbit".