What is the poem "Although the gift is small, it expresses the mind of a friend far away"?

"Goose feathers come from afar, a trivial gift, and there is a heavy thought behind it; What matters is not the gift, but the intention behind it. " From the story of Mian Bogao's tribute to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in history.

Interpretation: Now use it to express "Although the gift I sent is not expensive, I have deep feelings for you".

Original source:

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Uighur was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Once, in order to show friendship with the Tang Dynasty, Uighur sent an envoy Mian Bogao to visit the king of the Tang Dynasty. 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 the Mianyang River 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 flew into the sky! Mian Bogao jumped forward and pulled out only 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? 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. Mianyang River has lost its treasure, so it is difficult to throw it away. Serve the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, confess to Mian Bogao, and send goose feathers thousands of miles away! "