| zhǐ | lù | wèi | mǎ | ||||||
| 指 | 鹿 | 为 | 马 | ||||||
| zài | qín | zhāo | yǒu | gè | hěn | dé | shì | de | |
| 在 | 秦 | 朝 | ， | 有 | 个 | 很 | 得 | 势 | 的 |
| jiān | chén | jiào | zhào | gāo | |||||
| 奸 | 臣 | 叫 | 赵 | 高 | 。 | ||||
| zhào | gāo | xiǎng | zào | fǎn | dàn | shì | yòu | bù | |
| 赵 | 高 | 想 | 造 | 反 | ， | 但 | 是 | 又 | 不 |
| zhī | dào | qún | chén | zhōng | yǒu | duō | shǎo | rén | huì |
| 知 | 道 | 群 | 臣 | 中 | 有 | 多 | 少 | 人 | 会 |
| zhī | chí | tā | |||||||
| 支 | 持 | 他 | 。 | ||||||
| yú | shì | tā | xiǎng | le | gè | bàn | fǎ | lái | cè |
| 于 | 是 | 他 | 想 | 了 | 个 | 办 | 法 | 来 | 测 |
| shì | |||||||||
| 试 | 。 | ||||||||
| tā | zài | qún | chén | miàn | qián | sòng | le | yī | tóu |
| 他 | 在 | 群 | 臣 | 面 | 前 | 送 | 了 | 一 | 头 |
| lù | gěi | huáng | shàng | bìng | shuō | zhè | shì | yī | |
| 鹿 | 给 | 皇 | 上 | ， | 并 | 说 | 这 | 是 | 一 |
| pǐ | qiān | lǐ | mǎ | ||||||
| 匹 | 千 | 里 | 马 | 。 | |||||
| huáng | shàng | bù | xìn | shuō | zhè | míng | míng | ||
| 皇 | 上 | 不 | 信 | ， | 说 | “ | 这 | 明 | 明 |
| shì | lù | a | |||||||
| 是 | 鹿 | 啊 | 。 | ” | |||||
| rán | hòu | zhào | gāo | jiè | jī | wèn | gè | wèi | dà |
| 然 | 后 | 赵 | 高 | 借 | 机 | 问 | 各 | 位 | 大 |
| chén | zhè | shì | lù | huán | shì | mǎ | |||
| 臣 | ， | “ | 这 | 是 | 鹿 | 还 | 是 | 马 | ？ |
| ” | |||||||||
| zài | dà | chén | zhōng | bù | gǎn | fǎn | kàng | zhào | |
| 在 | 大 | 臣 | 中 | ， | 不 | 敢 | 反 | 抗 | 赵 |
| gāo | de | dū | zàn | tóng | shuō | shì | mǎ | gǎn | |
| 高 | 的 | 都 | 赞 | 同 | 说 | 是 | 马 | ， | 敢 |
| yú | fǎn | duì | zhào | gāo | de | shuō | shì | lù | |
| 于 | 反 | 对 | 赵 | 高 | 的 | 说 | 是 | 鹿 | 。 |
| hòu | lái | zhào | gāo | jì | zhù | le | zhè | xiē | |
| 后 | 来 | ， | 赵 | 高 | 记 | 住 | 了 | 这 | 些 |
| fǎn | duì | tā | de | rén | bìng | jiā | yǐ | pò | hài |
| 反 | 对 | 他 | 的 | 人 | 并 | 加 | 以 | 迫 | 害 |
| yǐ | gǒng | gù | zì | jǐ | de | shì | lì | ||
| ， | 以 | 巩 | 固 | 自 | 己 | 的 | 势 | 力 | 。 |
| zhè | gè | gù | shì | liú | chuán | zhì | jīn | rén | |
| 这 | 个 | 故 | 事 | 流 | 传 | 至 | 今 | ， | 人 |
| men | yòng | zhè | gè | chéng | yǔ | lái | xíng | róng | yī |
| 们 | 用 | 这 | 个 | 成 | 语 | 来 | 形 | 容 | 一 |
| gè | rén | diān | dǎo | hēi | bái | ||||
| 个 | 人 | 颠 | 倒 | 黑 | 白 | 。 | |||
| In Qin dynasty, there was a powerful and evil counselor named Zhao Gao. |
| Zhao Gao wanted to rebel, but he didn't know how many people in the court would stand by his side. |
| So he worked out a way to test the people. |
| He presented a deer as a tribute to the emperor in front of the court, and said that it was a swift horse. |
| The emperor not accepting his statement said, "This is obviously a deer." |
| Then, Zhao Gao took this opportunity to ask the court, "Is this a deer or a horse?" |
| In the court, those who didn't dare to go against Zhao Gao agreed with him and said that it was a horse, those who dared to go against Zhao Gao said that it was a deer. |
| Later, Zhao Gao remembered the counselors who didn't agree with him and persecuted them to solidify his power. |
| This story is still popular even today. People use this idiom to describe someone who calls white black. |
| index pinyin-less version |