Pigs, dogs, sheep, cows and horses? Can Utz play games?

There are contradictions between children, crying and complaining to me: he said I was a pig or a dog; Another child came to praise the good people around him and said, this companion is really like an ox and a horse, hardworking! Really conscious, why curse people with pigs and dogs and praise people with horses and cattle? In fact, these "horses, cows, sheep, pigs and chickens" are collectively called six animals, and they are good partners of the ancients in raising animals. Originally, the six animals didn't have to swear and praise people, and they didn't have emotional color, but they added emotional color to the six animals, which was related to the alliance, sacrifice and curse during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Let's talk about alliance and sacrifice first. In these ceremonies, sacrifice should be used to please the gods. Sacrifice didn't mean to die gloriously in ancient times. Historians explained: "Sacrifice is a whole cow and sheep used for sacrifice. Archaeological findings show that not only cattle and sheep, but also horses were sacrificed at that time. In the eyes of the ancients, cows, horses and sheep were far cleaner than pigs, dogs and chickens.

On the other hand, the curse of the ancients. There are also grand ceremonies, which are not as casual as people today. Curse should rely on the power of the gods, so that the gods can punish the cursed. According to Zuo Zhuan, in 7 12 BC, the uncle who took the exam well for Zheng Zhuanggong was shot in an siege war. So, Zheng Zhuanggong held a large-scale curse ceremony: Zhuang Gong asked his foot soldiers to give a pig to every 100 people, and a dog and a chicken to every 25 people, led by a wizard, pointing to the sky to curse the man who shot Uncle Ying Kao. In the eyes of the ancients, pigs, dogs and chickens were evil spirits. To this day, some places are still cursing others that they will never be able to survive.

In this way, the curse of "pigs and dogs are inferior" and the gratitude of "being a cow and a horse" have been circulated for thousands of years. Therefore, language has a history!