the war is over(xiū niú guī mǎ)

the war is over

Xiuniuguima, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ū Ni ú Gu ī m ǎ, which means to release cattle and horses to the military, indicating the cessation of war. It comes from the book of Shang, the book of Zhou and the book of Wu Cheng.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Shang, the book of Zhou, the book of Wu Cheng, "the dynasty came from the Zhou Dynasty and conquered the Shang Dynasty. In April, Ming Dynasty was born. The king came from the Shang Dynasty. As for Feng, he put down his martial arts, returned his horse to the sun of Huashan Mountain, and herded his cattle in the wild of peach forest, which showed the world that he was very obedient. 」

Idiom usage

It refers to the armistice.

Examples

The old title of Kong an's biography in Han Dynasty: "the south of the mountain is called Yang, and the peach forest is in Shandong Province of China. It is not a place to raise cattle and horses. If you want to live and die, it will show that the world can no longer use it. 」

Song luduoxun's newly built Temple stele of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty: "it's better to give up the ox and return the horse, but it's more beautiful than Yanbing, it's better to protect the great achievements, and it's better to sing in virtue."

According to the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of the Sui Dynasty, "the eight wastelands are no exception, the nine services are Datong, the four seas are homes, and the ten thousand li are homes. It's xiuniusanma, yanwuxiuwen. "

Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in his new preface: Shan Mou Xia: "stop cattle in the peach forest to show that they will not lose any more grain."

In the ode to the West written by Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "when we ask about the reason why the ox was stopped, we feel that the forest is famous for the peach garden."

"ZhouShu · Wudi Ji Xia" says: "the eight pillars are connected together, the six contract styles, the square should be Yanbo Lingtai, the rest of cattle and taosai, the celebration of boundless territory, not only in Yu."

Tang Dugu and his poem "sending Xiangli doctor to Jiangxi Province" said: "Rong Di's side is in trouble, and it's better to rest cattle."

Cognate idioms

Xiu Niu San Ma Tao Lin returns to Ma Hua Shan Yang Xiu Niu San Ma

Chinese PinYin : xiū niú guī mǎ