Ox-headed Horse Face
The phonetic notation niú tóu mǎ miàn
Origin from Volume 11 of "Jingde Chuandeng Lu" written by Shi Daoyuan of the Song Dynasty: "Sakyamuni is a bull-headed jailer. The ancestor is the Horse-faced Grandma."
Explanation of the two ghost soldiers in the superstitious legend, one with a head like a cow and the other with a head like a horse. Metaphor for all kinds of ugly people.
Usage in conjunction form; as subject, object, attributive; referring to evil people
Synonyms: cows, ghosts, snakes, demons and monsters
Ancient times
Null-headed and horse-faced Story
A long time ago, there was a member of the Fengdu City named Ma, who was considered a wealthy and powerful man in the city. Ordinarily, he should be satisfied, but there is one thing that always bothers him. Because he is already sixty years old and has married eleven "partial wives" and only has one single child. No matter how much you ask God to make a wish, you can never get it. Needless to say, Ma Yuanwai regarded his only son Ma Yichun as the apple of his eye. But he was very worried that if something unfortunate happened, it would not only end the Ma family's incense. Moreover, the Wan Guan family fortune has no heirs. For this reason, he was worried day and night and at a loss.
The house leaked and it rained all night. One day, Ma Yuan had breakfast outside and was preparing to go out to prepare wine and food for his son's 18th birthday tomorrow. It's a coincidence that at this moment, a man with eight characters passed by the door, saying something in his mouth: "Fortune teller, fortune teller!" Everything was completely forgotten. So he walked down the steps quickly with his long gown in hand, and respectfully invited Mr. Bazi to come in and sit down. After tea, Yuan Ma said sincerely: "Sir, could you please tell my child's fortune?"
Mr. Bazi nodded. Said: "Okay, okay."
Ma Yuanwai immediately reported the birth time to his son. Mr. BaZi counted on his fingers and couldn't help but turned pale and blurted out: "Oh, no!"
Ma Yuanwai became more and more panicked, but in order to find out clearly, he begged: "Sir, please don't worry. "You can't be defensive if you tell me."
Mr. Bazi hesitated for a moment and said, "Your young master is well-paid and well-paid, but it's a pity that his life span is only eighteen years!"
Ma Yuanwai: "Mom. "Ah!" He fainted and fell to the ground. It took him a long time to wake up, his face turned pale. Asked: "Sir, please think of all ways to save my poor son!"
Mr. Bazi thought for a while and said: "There is only one way for mortals. I don't know how to save my poor son." Are you unwilling to spend money?"
When Ma Yuanwai heard that there was still another way to think of, he hurriedly said: "As long as I can save my son, I won't hesitate even if I bankrupt my family!"
Mr. Bazi Then he told him: at midnight tomorrow night, prepare a table of the most sumptuous food and wine, pack it in food boxes, take it to the twelve steps in front of the "Ghost Gate", and give the food and wine to the two chess players. . However, you have to ask them three times in a row to wait patiently and don’t be impatient. Ma Yuanwai kept everything in mind.
The next day, when he arrived at the designated place, he saw two people concentrating on playing chess there. These two people are none other than Ox Head and Horse Face.
The horsemen did not dare to disturb them, so they had to kneel quietly aside, put the food box on their heads and watched silently. After they finished playing a game of chess, he cautiously asked: "Two gods, please eat before playing!" The two men seemed to be listening but not listening, saying nothing and not answering.
Nuutou and Mamian couldn't help but salivate when they saw how sincere this man was and how rich the delicacies in the box were. Ma Mian quietly said to Niu Tou: "Brother Niu, we are on a business trip and haven't eaten yet, so let's just have a full meal. It's hard for this person to be unfazed, what do you think?" Niu Tou had already had this intention, but it was inconvenient to say it. He nodded and said: "It's not too late to go down the mountain after eating."
After saying that, he ate up all the food like a leaf blown by the wind, and was about to leave when he saw the person who brought the food was still there. Kneeling on the ground, he asked: "You have spent money on us. Do you think you have something to ask for?" Help." He said and burned a bunch of money paper.
The bull-headed horse was so sorry that he had to say: "What's the matter with you? Tell me quickly! I have something important to do and have to travel far away."
"Two gods, I only have one." Mingzi, your life is about to end, please ask the two gods to show your kindness."
"What is your name?"
"Ma Yichun"
Niu Tou opened the "Education Order" given to him by Judge Cui and was shocked: "Brother Ma, the person we are going to capture is none other than his son. It's just that the time has not come yet. Unexpectedly... .This..."
The horseman kowtowed repeatedly: "If the two gods can extend his life, I will be grateful and I will thank you very much!" Niu Tou said: "Yin Cao's law. Yan Ming, it's hard to do anything!"
Ma Yuanwai was secretly worried, and with an idea, he turned to Ma and said, "I have a brother named Ma who is also in charge of power in the underworld. If you don't do anything, I have no choice but to go. Looking for him."
After hearing this, Ma Mian thought to himself, I know everyone in this underworld from kings to ghosts, and there is no one else named Ma except me. If this relative was me, but I had never seen him before, I asked tentatively: "My surname is Ma too. I wonder who your brother is?"
Yuanma said in surprise: " The villain is short-sighted and can hardly write two characters for "horse" in one stroke. Please help me.
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Ma Mian said: "You said you are my brother, why don't I remember?"
"You drank the ecstasy tea after you arrived in the underworld, and you forgot about the things in the earth. It’s all clean, how can you remember it?”
Ma Mian thought about it and realized that what he said was true. Now he has eaten his food again. Niu Tou understood. In this case, he might as well do it as a favor and spend some change on him. So, while he was drunk, he went back to Cao to give up. Emperor Yama knew about this and sent Bai Wuchang to find out in person. There was something going on. Emperor Yama was so furious that he ordered the bull-headed man and the horse-faced man to be brought to the palace. In order to kill Yi Jingbai, he punished them with forty pieces each in front of the ministers, and then blew two blows of evil wind. Immediately, the cow head and the horse face returned to their original forms. Seeing that they had a repentant heart, Emperor Yama reduced their official positions to serve as slaves and left them in the underworld to work as catchers.