Shen was once the county magistrate of Lishui. He often said that there used to be dozens of horses in his stable when his family was in the girder, but few people liked them.

Xian Tong six years, the public horse to sell. The horse is white all over, but the mane on its neck is a bit like red, which is very strange. So Shen promised to give Gong 500 thousand yuan as a reward, and Gong promised to sell it to him, but before he could give it to him, the horse was bought by the princes.

A few days later, Shen went to see Gong Sui and asked about the horse at that time. Gong Sui said, "I haven't ridden it yet." So he led the horse out, and the horse stood lazily and refused to move. Gong then angrily hit the horse and let it drive. Gong Sui thought this was not working, so he locked the horse up.

The next day, let several children ride this horse, or let the domestic servant ride it as yesterday, and so on. So he sold the horse to Shen, who had planned to buy it before. After Xuan Ci got the horse, the situation was the same as that of Gong Sui. It happened that Wei bought tribute horses in the market, and the horses that came before and after were not to his liking. Li saw the horse and bought it at the first sight. Later, this horse entered the Longfei stable, which was the emperor's favorite horse and became a famous horse at that time.

Source: Tang Yulin

Introduction of works

Tang Yulin is a collection of literature and history materials in the Tang Dynasty. The editor of this book is said to be Wang Shu of the Song Dynasty. The book has 8 volumes * * *, and one volume is missing at the end. Imitating the style of Shi Shuo Xin Yu, it is divided into different branches according to the content, and the original 35 branches of Shi Shuo Xin Yu (according to the current edition of Shi Shuo Xin Yu ***36 branches) are expanded to 52 branches.

The materials in the book are collected from 50 notes novels of the Tang Dynasty, and the contents are concentrated and rich. They have extensively recorded the political historical facts, court trivia, words and deeds of literati, anecdotes of literati, customs and people's feelings, the system of famous things, textual research of allusions, etc., and are of reference value for studying the history, politics and literature of the Tang Dynasty.