The sky is high and the emperor is far away(tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn)

The sky is high and the emperor is far away

Tiangao emperor far: originally refers to remote places, the central power can not reach. Now it generally refers to: the organization is far away from the leader's machine, making its own decisions and not subject to constraints.

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One said: from the anonymous "Tai Wen Chu Shu Qi ballad": "the sky is high, the emperor is far away, the people are few, the public are many." Another saying: it comes from Huang Pu's leisure record of the past and the present: "the sky is high, the emperor is far away, the people are few and the public are many. Three times a day, it doesn't matter. "

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The Western expeditions were carried out in the border areas, where the emperor was far away from the sky, so that he would not care about them all the time. ——Gaoyang's complete biography of Hu Xueyan, the merchant of the red top. ——Wu Jianren's muddleheaded world in the Qing Dynasty Volume 2

About Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty

"Tiangao emperor is far away" is a popular colloquial saying, which comes from the Ming Dynasty people Huang Pu compiled "leisure in the present and ancient records", the original is "Tiangao emperor is far away, less people, more public.". How about playing three times a day? " Obviously, it was a military struggle under the tyranny of Yuan Dynasty. Then, who is the "emperor" in "Tian Gao Di yuan"? Some scholars believe that the "emperor" is not a specific emperor, but a general term for all feudal fatuous emperors. The author believes that this view is questionable. From a simple grammatical point of view, "the sky is high and the emperor is far away" and "the people are few and the public are many" are a group of extremely neat antithesis sentences. In the sentence, "heaven" is not confused with "people" and "emperor" with "Xianggong". Among them, "Min" refers to the poor people in dire straits, "Xianggong" refers to those officials who are domineering, and the two words correspond to two groups; while "Tian" refers to heaven, so according to the rule of duality, "emperor" should also refer to one emperor, not more than one emperor. after the Yuan Dynasty unified China, the people under its rule were divided into four levels, namely, Mongols, Semu people, Han people and southerners. It was stipulated that these four people enjoyed different levels of treatment in many aspects, such as official career, imperial examination and litigation, which led to the aggravation of ethnic and class contradictions. By the time of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, political corruption, dark officialdom, officers and soldiers degenerated, taxes were heavy, the people were in dire need of livelihood, and social contradictions were further intensified. Although Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty used to take "Tuotuo" as a phase, in order to refresh the politics and revive the Empire, the national contradictions and class contradictions have a long history and are hard to return. After Tuotuo was abdicated by Chan, the state affairs became more and more difficult, but Emperor Shun himself was "lazy in political affairs, idle in banquets", and indulged in pleasure and women's sex blindly, with derelict platforms, corrupt officials, financial distress, social unrest, and people's uprising surging. When the Yuan Dynasty was in a precarious situation, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty would rather concentrate on learning "the art of luck in the house" than deal with the government affairs; he would rather design ships and make palace leaks with ingenuity than care about the national economy and the people's livelihood. In 1368, after Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Tongzhou, he went straight to the capital of Yuan Dynasty. Seeing the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Shun fled back to his hometown in Mobei. When he was breathing in Shangdu City, Zhu Yuanzhang sent his envoys to summon him to surrender. Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty asked the envoys to bring a poem to Zhu Yuanzhang: "the envoys of Jinling came across the river, and the wind and smoke of indifference opened together.". Sometimes the king's spirit is stilled, and the emperor's kindness is not revealed. He believes that he is the master of Ming Dynasty in the sea, and he also likes to have talents in the south of the Yangtze River. if you go back, I sincerely say that the spring breeze comes to the Phoenix Terrace first. In this poem "answer to the master of Ming Dynasty", Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty admits that the power of Yuan Dynasty has been exhausted, but expresses his sincerity of abdication tactfully. Originally, he was desperate and rushed to the north. On the contrary, he said that the emperor was generous and perfect. We can also appreciate the numbness and absurdity of emperor Yuanshun. In June of the second year of Hongwu, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty fled to Yingchang (now northwest of keshteng banner in Inner Mongolia). In April of the next year, he died of dysentery in Yingchang, and the temple name was "Sizong". Zhu Yuanzhang was called "Emperor Shun" because he chose to flee to Mobei instead of fighting against the city when his country was broken. The Mongol Empire, which once swept the Central Plains and was invincible, disintegrated and became a short-lived Dynasty under the accusation of "expelling the Tartars and restoring China"; however, this uhatu Khan, named tuohuan Timur, fled in a panic and became the king of subjugation under the cry of "heaven is high and the Emperor is far away. Zhu Yuanzhang called him "Emperor Shun", which was a great mockery of him.

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English Translation: (1) the old refers to the remote areas which are difficult to be taken into account by the royal law; (2) it refers to the uncontrollable and lawless places

Chinese PinYin : tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn