from a thousand li away

Explanation:

Metaphor gift is meager, but it contains deep friendship.

Source:

Song Ouyang Xiu's poem "Mei Yu Sheng sends Ginkgo biloba": "Goose feathers give a thousand miles, and people are important."

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Uighur in the Western Regions was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. On one occasion, in order to show friendship with the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur kingdom sent an envoy Mian Bogao to visit the King of Tang with a batch of rare treasures. Among these tributes, the most precious is a rare bird-the white swan.

Mian Bogao is most worried about this white swan. If something happens to him, how will he tell the king? Therefore, along the way, he personally fed the water and did not dare to neglect it for a moment. On this day, Mian Bogao came to Mianyang Lake and saw the white swan craning its neck, opening its mouth and panting. Mian Bogao couldn't stand it, so he opened the cage, took the white swan to the water, and let it have a good drink. Who knows that the white swan drank enough water, closed its neck and a wing and flew into the sky with a splash! Mian Bogao jumped forward, only picked up a few feathers, but failed to catch the white swan and watched it fly without a trace. At that time, Mian Bogao stood in a daze for a while with a few white goose feathers in his hand, thinking back and forth about a question in his mind: "What should I do? Tribute? What should I bring to see Emperor Taizong? Go back? How dare you go to see the Uighur king! " The attendants said, "The swan has flown away. Let's think of a remedy." After careful consideration, Mian Bogao decided to continue his trip to the East. He took out a piece of white silk, carefully wrapped the goose feather, and wrote a poem on the silk book: "Swan salutes the Tang Dynasty, and the mountain is heavy and the road is far. Sheep Lake has lost its treasure, so it is difficult to throw it away. Serve the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and confess to Mian Bogao. Things are light and people are righteous, and goose feathers are sent thousands of miles! "

Mian Bogao went to Chang 'an effortlessly with jewels and goose feathers. Emperor Taizong received goose feathers from Mian Bogao and Mian Bogao. Emperor Taizong read this poem and listened to Mian Bogao's complaints. Instead of blaming him, he felt that Mian Bogao was honest and fulfilled his mission, so he gave him a big reward. [2]?

From then on, "a thousand miles to send goose feathers, courtesy is light and righteousness is heavy" [3]? It has become a portrayal or modesty of politeness and exchange of feelings between China people.

Example:

A thousand miles of goose feathers are not light, and I am tired of going back to the north. (Huang Songting's poem "Thank you for giving Wu Nanxiong a piece of paper")

Story: A local official accidentally got a rare bird-swan, and sent a confidant named Mian Bogao to pay tribute to the emperor. Mian Bogao walked to the lake of Pan Yang with the swan in his arms, and suddenly felt that he should stop and take a bath for the swan, so he put the swan into the water carefully. Unexpectedly, the swan flapped its wings and flew away, leaving only a piece of goose feather. Mian Bogao couldn't catch it, so he had to take this goose feather to see the emperor. He was afraid that the emperor would punish him, so he made up a jingle to the effect: "I came to pay tribute to you. After a long journey, when I arrived at Panyang Lake, the swan flew away and my heart was broken." Today I am the son of heaven. Please forgive Mian Bogao. Besides, sending goose feathers a thousand miles away is a light gift and a heavy feeling. " Hearing this, the emperor spared Mian Bogao. ?

Pronunciation: qiān lǐ sòng é máo Interpretation: Although the metaphorical gift is meager, it contains profound friendship. From: Song Ouyang Xiu's poem "Mei Yu Sheng sends ginkgo": "Goose feathers give a thousand miles, people are important." Send goose feathers thousands of miles away: qiān lǐ sòng é máo

Description: Although the metaphorical gift is meager, it contains profound friendship. Grammar: subject-predicate type; Make clauses and attributes; Often used with "unsatisfactory ceremony", synonyms: send goose feathers a thousand miles away, send goose feathers a thousand miles away &; n