In a word, what is the zodiac when four horses chase each other?

The bamboo slips 1975 unearthed from tomb1in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province, further proved that the zodiac had existed before and after the Spring and Autumn Period. There is a chapter in the bamboo slips unearthed in Japan called "Thief".

Its content is the appearance characteristics of the divination thief, and it is recorded that "the mouth of the son, the mouse and the thief wants to be beard, ... the ugly, the ox and the thief have a big nose and a long neck, ... the shape of the yin, the tiger and the thief wants to be beard."

Have a black face. Hair, rabbits, thieves are big. Chen, [original leak] The thief is a man, green and red ... Third, the ant is also.

The thief is long and black. At noon, the deer is also a thief with a long neck and a small cut. ..... No, horse, thieves have ears. ",ring also, thief round face ..."

Chinese zodiac

The zodiac recorded in Japanese books is roughly the same as the popular saying now. According to textual research, the tomb of Shuihudi 1 1 was in the 30th year of Qin Shihuang (2 17 BC), so the appearance of the zodiac can be traced back to at least the Spring and Autumn Period before Qin Dynasty. Scholars believe that this is the earliest and most systematic record of the zodiac found in China so far.

For a long time, many people regard Lun Heng as the earliest document that records the zodiac. Lun Heng was a materialist thinker in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wang Chong (West)

27-97). "On the balance of things" contains: "Yin, wood, its birds, tigers. Soil, its birds and dogs are also. ..... At noon, the horse also arrived. Son, mouse also. Unitary, chicken also. Hair, rabbits, too. ..... sea, tapir.

Yes No, so are sheep. Ugly, cattle also. ..... Third, snakes are also. Shen, Qi Tian also. "In the above quotation, there are only eleven kinds of zodiac signs, lacking dragons. The book "Poisonous Words" also said: "Chen Weilong, Si is a snake, and Chen and Si are in the southeast.

In this way, the zodiac is complete, and the subordinate relationship between the twelve earthly branches and the zodiac is so complete, and it is the same as today. This is indeed the earliest and most complete record of the zodiac in ancient literature.