蒙古是马上得天下的民族,所以元朝官员大多是武将出身。元朝时,马往往是一个将领权力、身份、地位的象征,下级对上司最好的赞美,就是拍拍他的马夸他的马好。渐渐地,人们就把对上司的奉承称为“拍马”。尽管夸赞的话不一样,但拍马的动作是一样的,这就是“拍马 Mongolia is a nation that is immediately available to the world, so most of the officials of the Yuan Dynasty were military commanders. During the Yuan dynasty, a horse was often a symbol of generals’ power, status and status. The best compliment the superiors gave to their superiors was to pat his horse and praise him well. Gradually, people referred to the supervisor’s flattering as ”flattering.“ Although the praise is not the same, but the action is the same flattering, this is ”flattering