Gosho 一昨日御書 六 Letter about the Ｄay Before Yesterday

伏(ふ)して惟(おもん)みれば、泰山(たいざん)に昇らずんば天の高きを知らず、深谷(しんこく)に入らずんば地の厚きを知らず、

If I may presume to state my thoughts, unless one climbs Mount T’ai, one cannot know the height of the sky; unless one descends into the deep valleys, one cannot understand the depth of the earth.

If I may state my thoughts, unless climbs Mount T'ai, one cannot know the height of the sky; unless descends into the deep valleys, one cannot understand the thickness of the ground.

仍(よつ)て御存知の為に立正安国論一巻之(これ)を進覧す。

That you may understand my own intentions, I have submitted to you a copy of my work On Establishing the Correct Teaching.

That you may understand my own intentions, I submit to you the one scroll of 'the treatise of establishing the correct teachings for the safety of the nation'.

勘(かんが)え載(の)する所の文は九牛(きゅうぎゅう)の一毛(いちもう)なり、未(いま)だ微(び)志(し)を尽さざるのみ。

The ideas expressed therein are but one hair from the hides of nine oxen, and I have by no means fulfilled my humble aims.

The writing expressed therein are a drop in the ocean, I'm not giving it my all intention.

つづく　Continued

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