Tā zìchēng shānyě zhī rén, bù dǒng guānchǎng de guīju.
He called himself a simple countryman who knew nothing of the ways of officialdom.
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Literary. Besides wild country, 山野 stands for plain people far from power, as against 朝廷 'the court': 山野之人 is a modest way to call oneself a simple countryman.
