A Brief Introduction to the Story of Macaca Riding an Ox

Most people have probably never heard of the idiom "a macaque riding a cow". A macaque riding a local ox indicates that a person's promotion is slow and has a playful taste. Modern people certainly don't think that Peng Daxiang's paintings and calligraphy will portray another person as full of promotion. Therefore, the idiom "Macaque Riding a Cow" has gradually become useless. However, the story behind the monkey riding a cow is quite interesting. This time I will tell you a story about a macaque riding an ox. It happened during the Three Kingdoms period. Let's see what it is.

The idioms in Today's Tales of the Three Kingdoms can be quoted in The History of the Three Kingdoms, a world language. The time is about four years in Cao Wei Qinglong. The hero of the story is Zhou Tai. As follows:

At the beginning, Jingzhou secretariat Pei, a potential troublemaker in Thailand, sent several ideas to Sima Zhenwan and was known. And Mengda, Thailand and led the army, and then the monarch Thailand. Thailand frequently mourns Gao, Yan and Zu. After nine years of mourning, Wang Xuan was short of his appointment. On the 36 th, he was appointed as the new city satrap. Wang announced a meeting in Thailand and ordered him to transfer to Thailand: "Brown and Deng are in the rich, and they will hold the people's government and defend the army on the 36th; How can a beggar take a bus? " Ty: "Really. Jun, the son of a famous man, has few literary talents, so he keeps his official position; It's too late to ride a macaque cow! " Bin Xianyue.

The general idea of this paragraph is that Zhou Tai is a subordinate of Peiqian, the secretariat of Jingzhou. Pei Qian once asked him to help Sima Yi defend Wancheng and was sent to meet Sima Yi many times, so he was very familiar with Sima Yi. When Sima Yi conquered Mengda, Zhou Tai became the vanguard of the army and was promoted.

Since then, due to the continuous death of his elders, Zhou Tai has been in mourning at home for nine years. Sima Yi's position is vacant until he takes office. On the thirty-sixth day after the funeral in Taizhou, Sima Yi was promoted to the new town magistrate. To this end, Sima Yi also paid a special visit to Yu Zhong, Minister of History. Yu Zhong teased Zhou Tai: "As a commoner, it took you only 36 days to sit in the position of satrap, go in and out of the ceremony in Gai Hua, and take charge of the military and horses in a county. It's like a beggar getting on a light car and heading for where? " Zhou Tai replied, "It's true. You are a noble son. You were brilliant in literature when you were a teenager, but you are still in the official position, just like a macaque riding on the back of an ox. Why is it so slow? " All the guests present found their answers very interesting.

The idiom to be mentioned in this article is Zhou Taikou's "Monkey Riding an Ox", which means that the monkey rides on the back of an Ox. This is a joke. Metaphor is slow promotion. This idiom was also invented by Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai, a fellow countryman of Cao Wei's famous wargo, came from a poor family and was appreciated by Sima Yi for his outstanding military exploits. Later, Zhou Tai's family suffered misfortune and their elders died one after another. So Zhou Tai had to stay at home and mourn. Sima Yi admired Zhou Tai very much, so he deliberately left Zhou Tai's position vacant for nine years. Only 36 days after the restoration of Zhou Tai, Sima Yi was promoted to his position. After getting to know Zhou Tai, Yu Zhong, a famous scholar, once made fun of Zhou Tai's rapid promotion by begging in a car. Zhou Tai used "a macaque riding a local cow" to satirize Yu Zhong's slow promotion and moving the capital, which is the origin of the idiom. This also reflects Zhou Tai's supercilious character.