Horse skin is horse skin. Wrapping a corpse with horse skin, especially when a soldier dies in battle. Describe the will to fight and die for your country. Commendatory words. See Episode 89 of The Three Kingdoms, where Sima Yi wrapped Zhang Hema's body.
From the Biography of Ma Yuan in the Later Han Dynasty. "Men should die on the border battlefield and bury their ears. They died in boots."
They were still wearing boots when they died?
"They died in boots": when he joined the army, he was used to describe the fearless spirit of fighting bravely and dedicating himself to the battlefield. A synonym is to die for one's country or to die.
Origin of idioms
"A man should die in the border field, but not stiff", which is the heroic words of Ma Yuan, the general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, on the battlefield.
Zhuang language. That's where the horse died. This word is often used to describe the fearless spirit of fighting bravely and dedicating to the battlefield when joining the army. In other words, death is nothing to be afraid of. The big deal is to roll up the body with a horse skin and transport it back to your hometown. The following heroic idiom story tells the story of Ma Yuan, a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
As a general of North Korea, Ma Yuan fought in North Korea with Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiunan and made great contributions. Shortly after the establishment of political power in Wang Chaogang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was unrest on the border. Ma Yuan led the soldiers to the battlefield, took the lead, defeated the enemy and put down the rebellion. Since then, his fame has spread all over the world, and the emperor named him General Fu Bo. Later, when he was sixty-two, the Huns invaded the border again, and civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty talked about it in succession. Ma Yuan heard that there was another war on the border, so he went to court well-documented and asked him to lead the troops against the Huns.
The emperor was afraid that he was too old and that something had happened on the battlefield, so he was not allowed to go out. However, Ma Yuan refused to give in. He begged the emperor to say, "Who said I was old? My bones and muscles are tough! I often say that a person should die on the battlefield for his country, or be buried where they died in boots. How can I retreat when I have this opportunity today? " The emperor was moved by his spirit and had to make him a handsome man and lead troops to the battlefield. Later, he died in the army. People still remember his brave words after his death. This sentence has been handed down as an idiom and has been handed down to this day.
Castle Peak is full of loyal bones, so why did they still wear boots when they died?
Qiu 1950, Zhongnanhai, Mao Zedong Dormitory.
On the desk, there is a letter from a>, the commander of North Korea's frontline volunteers, drafted by Commander Peng himself.
President's Note: This morning, our "Zhisi" headquarters was bombed by enemy planes, and Hong Xuezhi and Mao sent me to safety. Later, kishida fumio returned to the command post to get the battle map. Unable to convince him in panic, he was hit by petrol bombs from enemy planes. Chairman's beloved son, Comrade kishida fumio, our "Chisi" good staff, has died gloriously for the people's cause ... Since receiving this telegram, Mao Zedong hasn't said a word all day, but just smoked one cigarette after another.
The food on the table has been heated several times, but it is still there intact. An Ying is his favorite eldest son and the crystallization of his love with his wife Yang Kaihui. At that time, the comrades of the underground party risked their lives to find kishida fumio and send the children to him. Later, he arranged for An Ying to study in the Soviet Union. After graduating from a foreign university, he personally sent his son to the countryside, taking the road of combining workers and peasants. That separation again and again, Xiao is still alive and happily returned to his side! How is it possible at this time ... "Shore! Kishida fumio! " The chairman couldn't help mumbling with a frown. "Chairman," the secretary came in and whispered, "Mr. Peng called and said that he was the eldest son of the chairman and asked to make an exception and transport the body back to China."
The secretary approached the chairman again and said softly, "Prime Minister Kim Il Sung of North Korea called to express his condolences to the chairman. He said that Comrade An Ying died for the liberation of the Korean people and was also the son of the Korean people. He asked that An Ying be buried in North Korea. "
The chairman looked up at the ceiling, brimming with grief and showing infinite affection in his eyes. When An Ying went to North Korea, he couldn't see him because of his busy work, but it turned out to be a farewell! "If my son can't meet alive, let me see the body!" The chairman thought. However, this idea soon disappeared. He seemed to be masturbating and said, "Of course I'm sad that my son died, but in war, people will die." . How many outstanding sons and daughters gave their lives on the Korean battlefield? Aren't their parents sad? Don't they want to see their son's body again ... kishida fumio is my son and the son of the Korean people, so I respect the opinions of the Korean people. "
The moment the secretary handed the record to the chairman for signature, the chairman subconsciously hesitated, and the expression was clearly saying, did kishida fumio really leave? Father and son really can't meet? The chairman's dim eyes turned to the window, and his right hand pointed to the table, signaling the secretary to put the telegram on it.
The next morning, the secretary came to Mao Zedong's bedroom. Mao Zedong has gone out, and there is a striking big word written on the telegram beside his pillow: Castle Peak is full of loyal bones, why did you die without regret?
Below the telegram is a pillow towel wet with tears.