Art & Antiques

My Kingdom for a Horse

“Divine horses are due to appear,” prophesied the Emperor Wu of Han (141–87 B.C.) through the I Ching. When the Wusan, Indo-European steppe people, brought hearty steeds to China, Emperor Wu named them “heavenly horses,” thinking his equine divination had come to pass.

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