What kind of job is a prince washing horses?

On the journey to the west, the Monkey King was often used by some people or demons? Marvin? Nicknames make fun of him, and even his younger brother Zhu Bajie doesn't want to dislike this terrier. Visible? Marvin? Is the shame of the Monkey King's life. Although the jade emperor appointed him as an official, he really couldn't say anything.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can, this official title tailored for the Monkey King is really insulting. No wonder the Monkey King was scared when he heard it. However, in ancient China, there was an official name that sounded more insulting than Bi Marvin, but it carried great glory. It was a very important position in every dynasty, which was it? The prince washed the horse? .

Don't think there is a typo. This official name is really called Prince Washing Horse, but? Wash? Read Xian (the third sound) instead of Xi.

The official position of the prince is not low, and most of them have a bright future.

It can be seen from the name that the prince is an official around the prince. It was founded in the Qin Dynasty and existed until the end of the Qing Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to manage and arrange the affairs around the prince, especially to lead the way when the prince travels.

Because in ancient times, carriage was the main way to travel, it was true that the prince washed the horse. Horses have certain connections, but people don't really wash horses for the prince, but they are equivalent to secretaries and managers.

The prince is the Chu Jun of the country, and he hangs out with the prince. Unless the prince fails to take the post for various reasons, there is much to be done. Therefore, the position of Prince Xima is not only high-grade (the Qing Dynasty started with five products), but also promising, and it is not a problem to have a successful career. Even some people who do the prince's horse washing can rise to the top even if the prince fails to take the upper position in the end.

A typical example is that in the early Tang Dynasty, he once worked as a prince to wash Li's horse. Although the Xuanwu Gate changed later, Wei Zhi's official career was not affected, and he finally reached the peak of the Tang Dynasty.

Ben? Prince is the first horse? , but eventually evolved into? The prince washed the horse?

The purpose of setting up the post of Prince Xima in Qin Dynasty is obvious, mainly to deal with the affairs around Chu Jun, but why give him one? Washing horses? What about this insulting title?

It turned out that its original official name was not "Prince Washing Horse", but "Prince Ma Xian", literally meaning its own works. It is recorded in "Continued Han Shu" that when the prince comes out, he should be straight, one person should take the lead and be majestic. This man who leads prestige in front of the prince's motorcade is the prince's first horse.

However, since the Han dynasty, due to misinformation or copying errors, the prince's horse has been written as the prince's washing horse. Interestingly, the later orthodox dynasty also acquiesced in this misunderstanding, and it was written in official documents? The prince washed the horse? So that this strange official name has been handed down.

But people insist on its pronunciation again and again. Wash? Reading? Xian? (third voice) to show that it has something to do with public cognition? Washing horses? It's different. Someone even suggested? Hey? To replace? Wash? Word, but this formulation has not been widely used, so it has been passed down to this day, that is? The prince washed the horse? How to write and? Prince Sima? Pronunciation.

Strange official names and rare pronunciations have also led to frequent jokes around it.

People with a little cultural accomplishment in ancient times must know that Prince Xima is an important official position and will not look down on three points because of his strange name. But most people don't understand it, which is easy to cause some misunderstandings.

For example, Yang in the Ming Dynasty was named after his works. Prince Sima? On one occasion, he returned to his hometown to handle affairs with this title, and when he stopped at the local post office, he was despised by the ignorant Cheng Yi.

Cheng doesn't know the height of the earth, but literally concludes that Yang is the person who washed the horses for the prince, so he coldly said to him, since you washed the horses for the prince, how many horses will you wash that day? At that time, Yang estimated that 10,000 alpacas had escaped, but he still said quietly: Wash more if you are diligent, and wash less if you want to be lazy. There is no hard and fast requirement.

After listening to Yang's words, he was envious at that time and felt that it was really comfortable to work beside the prince. But he doesn't know. Fortunately, Yang is a person who doesn't care. If it were anyone else, Cheng Yi might have skinned him, even if he didn't die this time. At least his small official position will be lost.

There were many jokes about princes washing horses in the Ming Dynasty. For example, Liu, a minister in the Ming Yingzong period, also worked as a prince to wash horses. When he was washing horses for the prince, he was often joked by his colleagues, saying that Matthew, who was managed by a teacher, could not wash horses, and he had to bother the prince to wash horses for help. Colleagues make such jokes, that is, they deliberately joke about the easily misunderstood name Prince Xima.

However, Liu Zaida is a talented person. Whenever he is teased by his colleagues, his response is: not only the horses managed by the Taifu are not clean, but also your horses are not clean. I want to wash it together. Sima was also an official in ancient China. Although it was no longer established in the Ming Dynasty, Liu used it to refer to making fun of his colleagues and making a strong and humorous response to their jokes.

With the demise of the Qing dynasty, the official position of the prince washing horses no longer exists. If we have to find an analogy among today's officials, then the chief secretaries of deputy heads of state of various countries can almost be compared. However, most of these deputy heads of state did not wash in Kyle, so what about today? The prince washed the horse? Ladies and gentlemen, the most you can do is brush your BMW.