稲穂の季節になりました。
さて、「実るほど頭を垂れる稲穂かな」ということばを聞いたことがありますか。
辞書によると稲が実を熟すほど穂が垂れ下がるように、人間も学問や徳が深まるにつれ謙虚になり、小人物ほど尊大に振る舞うものだといういみだそうです。
Rice season has come
Hello, have you heard
of the saying 「実るほど頭を垂れる稲穂かな」 ?
According
to the dictionary, it means that like rice plants that droop lower as they are
laden with fruit , human beings are more humble and modest with the deepening of learning
and virtue, while narrow-minded people behave arrogantly.
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
The more noble, the more humble.
