會向皇帝祝壽的馬
唐玄宗的舞马会衔杯祝寿；安史之乱后，它们被叛军当成妖物活活打死，只剩一把银壶记得。
The horses that bowed with a wine cup
陝西歷史博物館有一件銀壺，壺身上一匹馬口銜酒杯、屈膝下拜。這並非想像。據唐人筆記《明皇雜錄》記載，唐玄宗養過一批舞馬，逢壽辰便披錦繡、隨《傾杯樂》起舞，曲終銜杯向皇帝祝壽。安史之亂後，這些馬流落到叛將田承嗣軍中。一次軍中奏樂，舞馬聞聲起舞，士兵以為是妖物，竟將牠們鞭打至死。一九七〇年，這件鎏金舞馬銜杯紋銀壺在西安何家村出土，如今是禁止出境展覽的國寶。盛世的禮樂，最後只剩一把銀壺記得。如果只能用一件文物講盛唐，你會選哪一件？
A Tang silver flask in the Shaanxi History Museum shows a horse kneeling with a wine cup in its mouth. It records something real: according to the Tang miscellany Minghuang Zalu, Emperor Xuanzong kept dancing horses that performed in brocade at his birthday and ended by bowing with a cup. After the An Lushan rebellion they ended up with the rebel general Tian Chengsi. When music played at a camp feast the horses began to dance; soldiers took them for demons, and they were whipped to death. The flask, found at Hejiacun in 1970, may not leave China.
銀壺、出土地點與禁止出境展覽皆可確證；舞馬的故事出自唐人筆記《明皇雜錄》。
The flask, its find-spot and its export ban are certain; the dancing-horse story comes from a Tang miscellany, Minghuang Zalu.