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The Legend of silkworm-horse

The silkworm-horse is the ancestor of silkworms in ancient Chinese myth.

An old horse knows the way

Chinese proverb: an old horse knows the way. Today, it means a person who is very experienced at any given thing may be referred as "the old horse who knows the way".

Calling a stag a horse

In the reign of Emperor the Second of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC), the prime minister Zhao Gao, obsessed with ambitions, was planning to usurp the throne day and night.

When Mr.Sai Weng lost his horse

Once upon a time, there was an old man called Sai Weng living in a frontier fortress. One day, he lost his horse and his neighbor felt sorry for him, but Sai Weng didn't care about the horse, because he thought it wasn't a bad thing to lose a horse.

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