The horse can travel thousands of miles, the plow is not as good as the ox, the cart can carry heavy loads, the river is not as good as the boat Where is it from?

This is a good line from "Miscellaneous Poems" written by Gu Zixie of the Qing Dynasty,

The full poem is as follows:

The steed is better than the ox in plowing, the cart is better than the boat in crossing the river, and the horse is better than the ox in plowing. The best of the best is the best of the best, the best of the best is the best of the best.

Gu Zixie, the name of the scholar, Yi Yuan (in Suzhou, his family was well off and built Yi Yuan), also known as Lengjia Shanren, was a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province (belonging to Suzhou). He was born in Jiangnan, where poetry and literature flourished, and was a famous poet of the Qing Dynasty, author of "Yi Yuan Poetry Collection" (six volumes), "Ripple Garden", and so on. In 1707, he was appointed as the magistrate of Xinhui County by the yearly tributary students of the Qing Dynasty.

Reference "Sogou Encyclopedia", for reference only.