蒼蝿驥尾に附して万里を渡り碧蘿松頭に懸りて千尋を延ぶ - A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet.



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蒼蝿驥尾に附して万里を渡り 碧蘿松頭に懸りて 千尋を延ぶ
立正安国論(17頁)
文応元年(1260年)
7月
通解(意訳)
小さな青バエも、駿馬の尾につかまれば万里を渡ることができ、ツタは大きな松の木に寄り掛かれば、千尋も高く延びることができるのである。

English Gosho
 A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet.
" On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land "
July, 1260.
"The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin", Vol.1, p. 
17
[ --- ] is liberal translation.

参考文献:「御書をひもとく」「英語で学ぶ御書」 第三文明社
Bibliography : "The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin"
"The Record of The Orally Transmitted Teachings"

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