high carriage and team of four horses(gāo chē sì mǎ)

high carriage and team of four horses

A high covered car driven by four horses. In the old days, it was used to describe high officials and dignitaries.

Idiom explanation

A high covered car driven by four horses. In the old days, it was used to describe high officials and dignitaries.

Idioms and allusions

In the first year of Yongguang, the spring frost and summer cold, the sun green and the light of death, Shangfu issued an imperial edict saying: "if Lang came from the East, he said that the people should abandon his father and son. The prime minister and the official of the censor's case are not evil? Will those from the East increase? Why is it wrong? I want to know. Fang's age is unpredictable, that is, there are floods and droughts. Is there anyone who can prevent it from happening and save it from happening? We should be honest with each other When the state was terrified, he wrote a letter to impeach himself, returned to the Marquis, and begged for bones. The report said: "I bow to you and dare not rest. Everything is recorded in you. The only one who can do nothing is a saint. Fang Jin inherits Zhou and Qin's humble position, vulgarizes Lingyi, lacks courtesy and friendship among the people, has no balance between yin and Yang, and is not responsible for one end of the disaster. He is a saint, but he does not dare to be a saint! Thinking day and night, so, not fully clear. The Scripture says, "all sides are guilty. I bow." Although you are in office, why Zhuan Yan? He Miancha Prefecture and state to guard the group of herdsmen, not the people who do not make long-term thieves. Always adhere to the principle of discipline, be aware of intelligence, strong food cautious disease The state of Ding was then called Du. On top of that, he was given a chariot, a horse and sixty Jin of gold. Several years old, more than 70 years old. Posthumous title: Marquis an. …… In the beginning, he appointed the father of the country to the Duke, and his family was bad, and his father and his elders ruled it together. Yu Gong said: "the gate of shaogao and Dalu makes Rong Sima build a car. I've been in prison for many years. I've never been wronged. There will be people who will prosper. " To set the country as the prime minister, forever for the imperial historian, Fenghou handed down cloud. In the first year of Yongguang, there was frost in spring, cold in summer, and the sun was cold. The emperor issued an imperial edict to rebuke one by one: "there was a Lang Guan from the East who said that the people there abandoned each other. Why did the officials in charge of this matter hide and keep silent? Is it the hope that the number of refugees from the East will continue to increase? Why is it so ridiculous? I want to know why. Now the year is unpredictable. If there are floods and droughts, the disaster will be great. Can anyone prevent what has not happened and save what has happened? Please tell me the truth and don't be afraid. " In fear, Yu Dingguo wrote a letter to impeach himself, asking to be removed from the throne and resign. The emperor said: "Sir, I'm very respectful to assist you. I never dare to neglect you. I'll learn more about the world affairs from you. There is no fault but a saint. Today, we are suffering from the depression of Zhou and Qin Dynasties. The folk culture involves many nationalities. The common people are not well-educated in etiquette and ideology. In addition, the imbalance of yin and Yang in nature and the occurrence of disasters are not due to one factor. Since the sage, similar records are not uncommon. Besides, you and I are not saints! But I think about the reason day and night, but I can't understand it. It says in the Sutra, "Wan Fang is guilty (even if there are all kinds of SINS), and the sin lies in me (all the sins lie in me)." Sir, you are qualified for your position. Why should you take all the blame on yourself? I hope you will try your best to supervise local officials. They are not people who can be appointed. Don't let them harm the people for a long time. I hope you will always attach great importance to the discipline of the imperial court. You must listen to opinions from all sides, restrain the powerful and treat them with caution. " Yu Dingguo took care of his illness and insisted on resigning. The emperor then granted him an Che Si Ma and 60 Jin of gold, and removed him from his post. A few years later, he died in his seventies. His posthumous title is Marquis an. …… Once upon a time, when Yu Dingguo's father, Yu Gong, had their Lu Lane door broken down, and they came to rebuild it together. Yu Gong said to everyone, "make the gate a little bigger so that it can hold Sima Gaogai's car. I have accumulated a lot of virtue in the trial of prison cases, and I have never wronged anyone. My descendants will surely prosper. " He became Prime Minister of the state of Yu Ding and imperial historian of Yu Yong. In the Western Han Dynasty, Yu Gong, the father of the state, was appointed as the county warder. He was fair in prison administration. He said that he had Yin virtue, and his descendants would be prosperous. Because of its high gate, it can hold high chariots and horses. Later, he used "Gao Che Si Ma" to describe the high-ranking officials' wealth.

Discrimination of words

The same source of allusions: from Gongmen to gonggaomen, from gonggaomen to Jiajue, from Yueda to meimen, Rongsi Road, Rongsi Ma, ronggaogai, Tingwei, Gaozhi, Rongsi, Chema, gaomen, limen, Xiaokui, Chema, Sima, Gaogai, gaomen, gaomen, gaomen, Gaoma, Gaolu, gaomen Dache Sima, who had to be Jia Yuzhi, entered the prime minister's residence of Qin Dynasty. " Chapter 71 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "the order is over, and the day is coming.". In the distance, I saw Zhuang Jia's high chariot, Sima, and Xu came with wine on his face. When he arrived at the gate of the army, he got off at ease, surrounded himself from left to right, and walked up to the general's platform. " The third poem of Li Dongyang in Ming Dynasty: "Han FA holds three feet, and holds Si Che at the gate."

Chinese PinYin : gāo chē sì mǎ