Far away

Far away

You an Yuan Zhi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ě R ā NYU ǎ nzh ì, which means that the people living near are happy with political purity, while the people living far away are attached by the wind, which means political purity. From the Analects of Confucius.

Idiom usage

The emperor of heaven was ordered to build the capital and Jinling.

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: near and far

The origin of Idioms

"The Analects of Confucius" says: "when ye Gong asked about politics, Confucius said: those who are near say, those who are far come."

Idiom explanation

It is said that the people living near are happy with their political purity, while the people living far away are attached to them by the wind. It refers to political purity.