What do you mean, thousands of miles away?

Don't call it a thousand miles, which means: use

Source: Tang Hanyu's Ma Shuo.

Where there is Bole, there is a swift horse. A thousand miles away, there are not many boles. Therefore, although there is a famous horse, it is only humiliated by a slave, and it is not called a thousand miles to die in a trough.

Interpretation of vernacular:

There is Bole in the world (first), and then there is a swift horse. There are often swift horses, but Bole is not often. Therefore, even if there is a precious horse, it is only humiliated in the hands of servants and died in the trough (like ordinary horses), and it is not called a swift horse.

Extended data

Writing background:

Ma Shuo was written in the 11th year of Zhenyuan (795) to the 16th year (800). At that time, Han Yuchu's career was unsuccessful.

I wrote to the Prime Minister three times to ask for permission, and as a result, I was on standby for more than 40 days, but my ambition couldn't get through and I couldn't talk about it. Despite this, Han Yu declared that he was "concerned about the country and the people" and would not hide in the mountains.

Attached to the curtain of Dong Jin, the ambassador of Xuanwu, and Zhang Jian, the ambassador of Wuning, it was not adopted. Later, they were attached to some scenes of our time. In addition, the traitors in the DPRK are in power and the politics is dark, so talents are ignored and frustrated.

Appreciation of articles:

Ma Shuo is an argumentative essay, which is like an allegory rather than an allegory. Using metaphor to debate can't clearly express opinions, nor can it impose personal opinions on readers.

The author describes the experience of Maxima with image thinking, presents facts, saves pen and ink to tell the truth, and uses function words (auxiliary words, exclamations and conjunctions) in ancient Chinese, which embodies the interest and artistic conception of singing and sighing. Bole's allusions have been quoted by Han Yu many times (see Preface to Letter of Recommendation, Sending Wen He Yang), which shows that Han Yu's fate is bumpy.