天高皇帝远 is actually a saying for how the benevolence of Heaven and the Emperor are far away, so the common folk have no recourse to justice for their local problems. Glad to see China has solved this age-old problem.
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I have heard this as “the mountains are tall and the emperor is far away”. Are these the same quote? I know translations are complicated.
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