Sàiwēng-shīmǎ de gùshi zuì zǎo jiànyú 《 Huáinánzǐ 》.
The story of the old man at the frontier who lost his horse first appears in the Huainanzi.
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history
Compiled by scholars at the court of 刘安 (179–122 BC), King of Huainan and grandson of the Han founder 刘邦, and presented to 汉武帝 in 139 BC. Its 21 chapters draw mainly on Daoist thought but mix in other schools. It is also called 淮南鸿烈.
culture
Several famous myths survive mainly through it, among them 女娲 mending the broken sky with stones of five colours and 后羿 shooting down nine of the ten suns. A popular legend also credits Liu An with inventing 豆腐, tofu.
