Meaning: That is to say, a person is riding a fast horse out, and there are a bunch of children on the roadside applauding you. Your horse runs so fast. You run so fast. Your horse is good. Great! The man was very happy when he heard it and ran forward quickly. As a result, I met another group of children in front of me, who were also there to applaud you. It was so fast! Wonderful! Can it be faster? What's the final result? You tired the horse to death. And who killed the horse? It's the children clapping along the road. This is called the person who kills the king and the horse. "The person who kills the king and the horse is on the road" comes from "Customs and Meanings". "Customs and Meanings" says, "The one who kills the king and the horse is a boy on the roadside." It is said that the chief official was fattening the horse and hoping to get out. The children on the roadside looked at it and were frightened to death. According to the official's command, the horse will be fat, and those who watch it will be quick, and those who praise it will be happy to talk about it, and they will gallop endlessly until they die. Extended information
"Customs and Customs", often quoted as "Customs and Customs" by people in the Han and Tang Dynasties, was written by Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Folklore writings of the Han Dynasty. The original book consisted of thirty volumes and one appendix, but only ten volumes remain today. This book examines the ritual "Bai Hu Tong" and corrects the popular "Lun Heng". It records a large number of myths and anecdotes, but the author added his own comments, thus becoming an important document for studying the customs and ghost worship of the Han Dynasty.
"Customs and Customs" mainly examines the system, customs, and rumors of famous objects in the past dynasties, and refutes and corrects many superstitions, superstitions, and strange stories among the people of the Han Dynasty. "Sui Shu" classics are recorded in the miscellaneous category. Each chapter in this volume is in one volume. Each volume has a chapter title and an entry under the chapter. Under the entry, state the matter first, and then add case language to identify gains and losses. Its textual research on anecdotes is similar to "White Tiger Tongyi", and its analysis of falsehood and orthodoxy is similar to "Lunheng".
"Customs" contains a lot of information about music, musical instruments, gods, mountains and rivers, and the origin of surnames. Among them, the lost surname chapter records the origin of many surnames. A large number of posthumous documents are scattered in similar books and have been valued by scholars of all ages. This book is an important document for studying the social life history of the Han Dynasty.
Ying Shao wrote prolifically throughout his life, including thirty refutations, and he also formulated laws and regulations for the rituals of the Han Dynasty. The main works on etiquette include "Stories of Etiquette of Han Shuguan", "Lu Lue", "Spring and Autumn Period", "Zhuang Ren Ji", "Preface to the Collection of Chinese Han Dynasties", etc.
In addition, Ying Shao also compiled and interpreted the "Book of Han". He is the author of "Customs and Customs" which covers both etiquette and historical geography.
Ying Shao was erudite and knowledgeable. He wrote 11 kinds and 136 volumes in his life, including "Han Guan Yi", "Customs and Customs" and so on. "Customs and Meanings" contains a large amount of historical materials on Mount Tai. For example, the chapter "Feng Taishan Zen for Liangfu" records the anecdotes of Mount Tai's Feng Chan, and the chapter "Five Sacred Mountains" records the Dai Temple in detail, both of which are of high historical value. Ma Dibo's "Fengchan Rituals" compiled into "Book of the Later Han: Sacrifice Chronicles" and quoted by Ying Shao is one of China's earliest travel literary works.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Customs and General Meanings