Nutau-headed horse-face now refers to (1) describing a person’s ugly and scary appearance. (2) A metaphor for a person who behaves absurdly and viciously. < /p>
Explanation: There are two ghost soldiers in superstitious legends, one with a head like a cow and the other with a head like a horse. Metaphor for all kinds of ugly people.
Source: Song Dynasty Shi Daoyuan's "Jingde Chuan Leng Lu" Volume 11: "Sakyamuni is the bull-headed jailer, and the founder is the horse-faced grandmother."
The example is just that I often dream about it recently. In the middle of the night, or just before waking up, I felt a sense of terror. All the things I was afraid of before were accumulated and gathered around me.
Synonyms: ox-headed and snake-gods, demons and ghosts
Usage: as subject, object, attributive; referring to vicious people
English: ox-headed and horse-faced demons in Hades
Japanese: 牛头(ごず)と马头(めず),〈元〉いろいろな evil悪(じゃあく)な人间(にんげん)のたとえ
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2. The legend of the bull-headed horse-face
The legend , the bull-headed horse-faced man was originally in charge of real power in the underworld, but why did he only become a person-catcher under the King of Hell? Speaking of which, there is an interesting story.
A long time ago, there was a member of 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 and said something: "Fortune teller, fortune teller!"
When the horseman heard the shout outside, he was so happy that he actually left the house. 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, Ma Yuanwai 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, couldn't help but turned pale in shock, and blurted out: "Oh, no!"
Ma Yuanwai was shocked and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "What?"
" It’s inconvenient for a villain to speak.” Mr. Bazi shook his head and sighed.
Ma Yuanwai became more and more panicked, but in order to find out more, he begged: "Sir, please don't worry and just tell me."
Mr. Bazi hesitated for a moment and said: " Your young master’s salary is good, but his life span is too short!”
“How much?”
“Eighteen years old”
Ma Yuanwai. "Oh my god!" I fainted and fell to the ground. It took me a long time to wake up, and my face was as pale as dust. Unexpectedly, the child's eighteenth birthday tomorrow will actually become the end of his life. Thinking of this, I cried heartbreakingly. After a while, he sobbed and asked: "Sir, sir, please think of every way to save my poor son!"
Mr. Bazi thought for a while and said: " There is only one way for ordinary people. I wonder if Yuanwai is willing to spend money?"
When Ma Yuanwai heard that there was another way, he felt much calmer and said hurriedly: "As long as I can save my son, I will do it. Even if it costs me everything, I won’t hesitate!”
Mr. Bazi then told him: at midnight tomorrow night, prepare a table of the most sumptuous food and wine, pack it in food boxes, and bring it to the “Ghost Gate” On the first twelve steps, wine and food were given 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 quietly kneel aside and watch silently with the food box on their heads. After they finished a game of chess, he cautiously asked: "Two gods, please eat before playing!"
The two people seemed to be listening but not listening, saying nothing or answering. Let's play a second game of chess.
The horsemen waited patiently until the end of the second game, but there was still no movement. He was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to offend, so he could only kneel there piously and wait. After a while, Niutou suddenly put down the chess pieces: "Brother Ma, let's go, the time has come." Ma Mian also hurriedly put down the chess pieces, put away the chessboard, and prepared to go down the mountain.
At this time, the horseman was in a panic, worried about missing the opportunity and missing out on important events, so he hurriedly raised his voice and shouted: "Two gods, please have a meal before leaving!" The bull-headed horse-faced man looked back and said, Asked: "Who are you?"
Seeing that the time had come, the horseman said hurriedly: "The two gods have worked too hard. I think I am already hungry at this time, and the villain is a little prepared." Wine and simple food, please satisfy your hunger and quench your thirst!"
Niutou 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 all the food like a wind-whipped leaf. Just as he was about to leave, he saw the person who brought the food was still kneeling on the ground, so he asked : "You are spending money for us, do you think you have something to ask for?"
The horseman hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The villain is in trouble, please help the two gods." As he said this, he started to burn. 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 help me."
"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!"
Ma Yuanwai was secretly worried. He had an idea and turned to Ma Mian and said, "I have a brother named Ma who is also in charge of the underworld. If you don't do anything, I have 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 the word "horse" in one stroke. Brother, please help me."
Ma Mian said: "You said you are my brother, why don't I remember?"
< p> "You drank the ecstasy tea after you arrived in the underworld. You completely forgot about the things in the underworld. How can you remember them?" Ma Mian thought about it and found out that what he said was true. Now that he has eaten his food again, this When things didn't go well, they exchanged looks with each other. Niu Tou understood. In this case, he might as well do it as a favor and give him some change. So, while drunk, he returned to Cao to give up. Emperor Yama knew about this matter and sent Bai Wuchang to find out personally, and found out that it was indeed true. Emperor Yama suddenly became furious and ordered the bull's head and horse's face to be brought to the palace. In order to kill one and respect a hundred, in front of all the ministers, he gave them each 40 big boards, and then blew two more breaths of wind, and suddenly, the cow's head and the horse's face returned to their original shape. When Emperor Yama saw that the two of them were really repentant, he demoted them from their official positions and sent them to the underworld as slaves to catch people.Sibuci
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