Idiom Story of "Old Horse Knows the Way"

Protagonist: Guan Zhong, the representative figure of the Legalists in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Xiangguo of the State of Qi, assisted the Duke of Qi Huan to become the head of the Spring and Autumn Five. Later generations honored him as "Guan Zi", and was praised as "the pioneer of the Dharma", "the teacher of the saints", "the protector of Chinese civilization", and "the first phase of China".

The allusion is from "Han Feizi Says Lin Shang".

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the princely states competed for hegemony, and there was an ethnic minority named Shanrong in the north who invaded the Yan state, and the Yan state asked the state of Qi for help, and after Qi Huan asked the government to manage Zhong, he personally led a large army to rescue the Yan state, but learned that Shanrong fled to the lone bamboo country, so he pursued the poor Kou and conquered the lone bamboo country. They went in the spring, went back in the winter, the environmental changes led to the loss of the road, Guan Zhong proposed that the old horse should know the way back, so they put the old horse on the reins, followed behind, and finally found the way back. ("Guan Zhong and Kui Peng cut down lonely bamboo from Yu Huan, returned from spring to winter, and lost their way.") Guan Zhongyue: "The wisdom of the old horse can also be used." 'Let the old horse go with it.' That's it. ”）

The reason behind the old horse can recognize the way: the horse face is long, the nasal cavity is large, and there are many olfactory nerve cells, which constitute a developed olfactory radar, while the horse's ear wings are very large, the ear is muscular, the rotation is quite flexible, the position is high, so the hearing is also very developed, so it can recognize the way.

Metaphor: Experienced people are more familiar with things.