The main content of the original text of Ma Shuo

The main contents of the original text of "Ma Shuo" are as follows:

1. "Ma Shuo" is an essay written by Han Yu, a litterateur in the Tang Dynasty. This allegorical short essay repeatedly demonstrates the question of whether there is a thousand-mile horse in the world, and concludes that it is not that there is no thousand-mile horse, but that there is a lack of talent to know the horse, thus making a powerful argument against the phenomenon of feudal rulers not knowing people and burying talents. The exposure expresses the emotion and grief of the intellectuals in feudal society who were not recognized for their talents.

2. This article uses the story of Bole Xiangma to convey the meaning of things, and uses metaphors to explain the truth in a subtle way, with exquisite conception and vivid images. The language of the whole text is concise, with long and short sentences alternated. The tone is statements, questions, and exclamations. The writing is full of changes, achieving the effect of profound reasoning and powerful argumentation.

3. There is a bole first, and then there is a thousand-mile horse. A thousand-mile horse often appears, but Bole does not always appear. Therefore, even if there is a famous horse, it will only suffer humiliation in the hands of servants and die in the stable alongside ordinary horses. It cannot be known as a thousand-mile horse.

4. A horse that travels thousands of miles a day can sometimes eat a stone of food in one meal. The person who feeds the horse does not know how much the horse eats and feeds it. Although this thousand-mile horse has the ability to run a thousand miles in a day, it is not full of food and has insufficient strength. Its beautiful talents cannot be expressed. It is impossible to be like an ordinary horse, so how can it be expected to run a thousand miles in a day? Woolen cloth?

5. Whip it, but do not feed it in the correct way. Feeding it is not enough to make it fully develop its talents. When it neighs, you cannot understand what it means, but walk away with the whip. When he came to it, he said: "There is no thousand-mile horse in the world!" Alas! Is there really no thousand-mile horse? I'm afraid they really don't know Chollima!

6. "Ma Shuo" was written around the eleventh year (795) to the sixteenth year (800) of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Han Yu was just beginning his official career and was very frustrated. He wrote to the prime minister three times to seek promotion, but he was never accepted. Although he failed to be reused, he still declared that he was "concerned about the world" and would not escape to the mountains and forests.

7. In the following years, he successively attached himself to Dong Jin, the military governor of Xuanwu, and Zhang Jianfeng, the military governor of Wuning, but he did not receive special appreciation, so he was often depressed and had " Bole doesn’t always happen” sigh. He went to the capital to take the examination in order to become an official, and went up and down the capital to tell each other. He stayed there for ten years, and finally left Chang'an with infinite resentment.

8. Han Yu's ups and downs were the ideological basis for writing "The Story of Horses", and another purpose of this article was to euphemistically express his feelings and express his resentment at not being recognized for his talents.