high carriage and four horses -- symbol of wealth and nobility(sì mǎ gāo chē)

high carriage and four horses -- symbol of wealth and nobility

Sima Gao Che, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ì m ǎ g ā och ē, which means a high covered car with four horses. In the old days, it was used to describe the extravagance of powerful people when they were traveling, and it was also used to describe dignitaries. From the book of the Han Dynasty - Volume 71.

Idiom explanation

Sima: four horses in a cart.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Yu Ding state in the history of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the gate of shaogao and Dalu makes Rong Si's horse build a car."

Idiom usage

It's more formal; it's an object and attribute; it's used to describe being rich and influential. Example: in Song Ouyang Xiu's the story of Xiangzhou day Palace: "once the chariot is high and the horse is on the horse, the flag is in front of the leader and the rider is behind." It's a lady of five flowers who was made in a new family. It's a beautiful place with a tall horse. Guan Hanqing's first book of jinxianchi in Yuan Dynasty, Volume 73 of Taiping Yulan, quoted from the records of Huayang state by Chang Yu of Jin Dynasty: "the shengqian bridge is ten miles to the north of Chengdu County, that is, Sima Xiangru wrote on the bridge column," if you don't take Sima Gaoche, you can't take this bridge. " Yuan · Gao Zecheng's the story of the pipa, the 32nd: "if he had a high horse and a high chariot, he would not accept my family if he saw my family so blue and refused to recognize each other." In Li Yu's Yiju in Mirage: "I'm ashamed of xiuyilang, but I'm still lonely." It is also called "Sima Gaogai" and "Sima xuanche". "I heard of gold and white jade, and I valued profit; Sima Gaogai, and I was proud." In Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian wrote a poem "send Xie Gong to make jingling master's book": "who is old in Hanbin and who is living now, the Sima Gao Gai and the disciples are in succession." Liu Dakui of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the records of Ben Zhi Tang that "He Yi of Sima Gao Gai, who rubs his shoulders in the front, and who rides his heels in the back, has achieved great success for a time." "Sima xuanche is easy to overturn, he ruye, an old saying of mulberry hemp," is a poem written in the Fang Wen of Qing Dynasty

Cognate idioms

The gate of Yugong, the gate of Gonggao, the gate of Yujia, the gate of Yueda, the gate of Rongsi, the gate of rongsima, the gate of Tingwei, the gate of Gaozhi, the gate of rongsima, the gate of Gaoli, the gate of qiansima, the gate of Qima, the gate of Sima, the gate of Gaogai, the gate of Gaoche, the gate of gaomen, the gate of Gaolu

Idiom story

In the first year of Yongguang (43bc), it was frosty in spring, cold in summer, and the sun was dark and dull. Emperor yuan of Han Dynasty issued an edict to rebuke each other, saying: "a Langguan from the East said that the common people there could not take care of each other because of famine. The prime minister, the censor, and the ministers in charge, why don't they report the situation? Or is the official from the East exaggerating? I want to know why there is such a big difference between the two aspects. This year's harvest is still difficult to predict, once there is a flood and drought, the consequences are very worrying. Secretary of state, do you have any way to prevent trouble or save it? Please tell me the truth and don't have any taboos. " When Yu Dingguo saw the imperial edict, he was afraid, so he wrote a letter to blame himself, and returned it to Hou Yin, begging to return home. Emperor Hanyuan replied, "you help me to govern the world. I dare not relax a little. You are in charge of all kinds of state affairs. People are not saints, who can do nothing wrong. Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is in the state of poverty and decline since the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. The decline of folk culture, the lack of etiquette, the imbalance of yin and Yang, and disasters are not caused by a single reason. When we study the words and deeds of sages recorded in ancient times, we dare not bear our own mistakes, let alone ordinary people! I thought about the cause of these disasters, but I still couldn't make it clear. The Scripture says, "if the world is guilty, then all the faults should be attributed to the Lord of our country." Although you are in an important position, why should you be solely responsible? Continue to work hard to monitor the local officials, incompetent do not let him continue to bully the people. Please continue to preside over the national affairs, try to use your intelligence, and also try to eat and take care of your body. " Dingguo then wrote that his illness was getting worse and insisted on resigning his official post to return home. Emperor yuan of the Han Dynasty gave him four horses to ride in and sixty Jin of gold to return home. A few years later, Ding Guo passed away in his 70s and was named Marquis an. When Yu Dingguo's father, Yu Gong, was alive, the inner gate of his hometown was broken. His fellow villagers wanted to repair it together. Yu Gong said to them, "make the inner gate a little bigger so that it can pass through the high covered car pulled by four horses. I have accumulated a lot of virtue in the management of lawsuits, and I have never created unjust cases. Therefore, my descendants will surely have a prosperous future. " Later, Yu Dingguo was appointed prime minister, Yu Yongye was appointed censor, and he was granted marquis.

Chinese PinYin : sì mǎ gāo chē