Source: Han Qingbangqing's "Biography of Flowers on the Sea" The tenth time: "There are still friends who flatter ghosts, so buy a good baby and send it to the room."
This allusion comes from the culture of Yuan Dynasty. Speaking of Mongolian families, they will have several horses to solve the problems of walking and transportation. Herdsmen often take pride in keeping good horses. Sometimes when people meet a horse, they often pat each other's horse's ass, feel how fat it is, and casually praise a "good horse" to win the favor of the owner. At first, people sought truth from facts, and a good horse said yes, but after a long time, some people only said flattery and called a rotten horse a good horse, regardless of the quality and strength of other people's horses. It is said that Mongolia is a nation that will win the world at once, so most officials in the Yuan Dynasty are military commanders, and horses are often a symbol of a general's power, status and status. The best praise from a subordinate to a superior is to pat and praise his horse. Gradually people call flattery to superiors "flattery". This is because compliments are different, but flattery is the same. This is the origin of "flattery". After Mongolia entered the Central Plains and established the Yuan Empire and Yuan Capital, its culture gradually infiltrated into the Han culture, and the word "flattery" was handed down. Some people also say that you should never kiss a horse's ass when you kiss a horse, but because Han people seldom ride horses, they think of "kissing a horse" as "flattering". As for whether the horse's ass can be patted, it is still inconclusive. Anyway, just don't shoot horseshoes.
Related folk anecdotes
Once upon a time, there was a rich man outside the Great Wall. He was very happy when he bought a horse. So I invited my three sons-in-law to drink. After three rounds of drinking, the rich man took the BMW out of the stable and asked the three sons-in-law to write poems praising the good horse. In order to please the old father-in-law, the three sons-in-law searched all the good sentences. After a while, the eldest son-in-law came up and said in a clear voice, "There is Jin Baihe on the water, and my husband rode to Yinshan Mountain. After a hundred miles, the golden needle has not yet sunk. " The rich say yes again and again. The second son-in-law took his time and read word for word: "Put goose feathers on the fire, my husband rode thousands of miles to Yuyao, but the goose feathers were not burned." The rich man was overjoyed. At this time, it's time to say the third son-in-law, but the third son-in-law is silly and anxious. Both hands only patted BMW's ass, and BMW impatiently farted. The third son-in-law had a brainwave: "The horse farted, and the father-in-law rode to Huiji for tens of thousands of miles, leaving the fart door open." The old rich man is in distress situation. There are three theories about the origin of flattery. It is said that in the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians had a habit. When two people meet a horse, they should pat each other's ass to show respect. Second, a good Mongolian rider pats the horse's ass when he meets a fierce horse, making the horse feel comfortable, then jumps on the horse and goes straight away. Third, Mongolians love horses. If the horse is fat, those two strands will inevitably swell, so when I see the horse, I like to pat my ass and boast. It can be seen that "flattery" is a custom and has no derogatory meaning. But snobs see powerful people riding his horse, no matter whether his horse is good or bad, they all try to flatter him: "good horse for adults, good horse for adults!" " So "flattery" has become synonymous with flattery, which is very derogatory. Someone has compiled a book called Flattery. The annotator selected hundreds of materials about "flattery" from nearly 100 ancient books, such as Twenty-four History, Zi Zhi Tong Jian, Zi Zhi Tong Jian, hundred schools of thought and note novels. How far has "flattery" gone? It is disgusting to read. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Chengwu's slave and scholar got typhoid fever, and the doctor told him to eat "Huang Longtang". What kind of soup is this? So is shit. The adults are embarrassed. There happened to be a scholar present at that time, so he volunteered and said, "My Lord, this thing is very easy to take. I'll give you a try first. " Say that finish, drink off. Not only China people have been good at "flattering" since ancient times, but foreigners also love "flattering". Staengel, a British expert, taught the secret of flattery by writing a book: be subtle and just right. It's really from experience, because there is a saying in China that "flattery is on the horse's leg". It is not good to please people, but it is not good. Don't think that only small people can "kiss up". Stangel said that there are also many contemporary political leaders who are proficient in this field. For example, British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Washington and met Bush for the first time. Afterwards, Blair said, "He really left a deep impression on me …" He also described Bush as "very capable" and "very smart". Some people say that China people's "flattery" is similar to the idiom apple-polish, which originated in the United States at the beginning of last century. Three hundred and sixty lines, and now another line has been added. What line? Kiss up. It is said that in Tokyo, Japan, two young people turned flattering services into careers. To put it bluntly, don't they make a living by "flattering"? Moreover, their business is booming, because there are people in the world who say, "Although I have to pay for a few compliments, I am still very happy." It is unheard of that "flattery" has become a profession. Don't forget, in the zodiac, there is a dog behind the horse. Now, someone is filming shit.