You will grow strong when you are old
When Ma Yuan was young, because his family was poor, he used to herd cattle in the north. He often said to his guests: "My husband is ambitious, I am poor and strong, and I am strong when I am old." It is the determination of a man, which becomes stronger when he is poor and becomes stronger when he is old.
Heaps of Rice
When Liu Xiu was preparing to attack Wei Xiao, he summoned Ma Yuan to inquire about the military situation. Ma Yuan said, "General Wei Xiao is on the verge of collapse, and his troops are bound to be destroyed if he advances." He gathered rice into a valley in front of Liu Xiu, pointed out the situation, pointed out the route of march, and analyzed the exchanges. It was clear (this may be The first three-dimensional military map in the history of our country). Liu Xiu said: "The prisoner is in my eyes!"
The corpse is wrapped in horse leather
In 44 AD, Ma Yuan said to Meng Ji: "Now Wuhuan and the Xiongnu are still harassing the north. If you want to attack him yourself, you will die in the wilderness and be buried with your ears wrapped in horse leather. How can you lie in bed and do it in the hands of your son?" Meng Ji replied: "Forgive me! This is what a martyr should do!" On the battlefield, the body was wrapped in horsehide and buried. How could he lie in a hospital bed and die at the hands of crying women and children? Later (AD 49), Ma Yuan was indeed infected with the plague and died during the expedition to Wuling, and he was indeed returned "wrapped in horse leather".
The Pearl of Coix
The historical story of Ma Yuan is very exciting. There are more than three idioms. The most famous one is "Shrouded in Horse Leather", which best represents his life style, but the Pearl of Coix has also become A thought-provoking coda to his life. When Ma Yuan was in Jiaozhou, he often ate barley, the seed kernel of coix, believing that it could "lighten one's body, save one's desires, and overcome miasma." The coix seeds in the south are large and excellent. When Ma Yuan returned to the court, he brought back a cart of coix seeds to be used as seeds for planting. Some dignitaries in the court believed that Ma Yuan's carriage contained privately robbed pearls and other treasures. After Ma Yuan's death, the supervisor Liang Song was jealous of his talents and wrote a letter falsely accusing Ma Yuan of confiscating a large number of bright jewels, causing him to be unjustly slandered.