六畜

汉维谚语中六畜的文化意义对比研究

The Constrast Studies on the Cultural Significance of Six Domestic Animals in Chinese and Uygur Proverbs

他使草生长，给六畜吃。使菜蔬发长，供给人用。使人从地里能得食物。

He makes the grass come up for the cattle , and plants for the use of man ; so that bread may come out of the earth ;

一类是已被驯化的“六畜”，即牛、羊、马、猪、狗、鸡，它们是人类为了经济或其它目的而驯养的，占十二种动物的一半。

The first category includes the six kinds of tamed animals such as the ox , goat , horse , pig , dog and rooster , accounting for half of the zodiac animals .

但东汉江南地区的养殖业毕竟处于萌芽阶段，还有很大的局限性，六畜的饲养不仅存在地域分布的不平衡性，而且也存在饲养种类的不平衡性。

But the poultry and cattle rearing South of China was after all at its embryonic stage , greatly limitted and handicapped by the imbalance of both the regional distribution and the reared breeds .