HP東善寺 小栗上野介           小栗上野介の言葉「腰抜け武士に高禄は無用」   
HP Tozenji Temple: Kozukenosuke Oguri  Kozukenosuke Oguri's words: "A cowardly samurai does not deserve a high salary."                    



小栗上野介の言葉 4
Words of Kozukenosuke Oguri #4


「腰抜け武士に高禄は無用
無用の役員、役局は廃すべし」
"A cowardly samurai does not deserve a high salary.Useless officers and offices should be abolished." 

             
              寺の花・サンシュユ
          Flower of the temple: Sanshyu or Cornus officinalis
  
 小栗上野介はしばしば人に
「現在国家としてなすべきことが多く、経済は困難の時に当っている、腰抜け武士に無駄な高給を支出するのはやめた方がいい」
と語っていた。また
「たとえ古くからのいわれがあったり格式が高い役職でも、現代に不用の役職や部署は廃止すべき」と語っていた。

 Kozukenosuke Oguri often said to people:"We have much to do as a nation, and the economy is in a difficult time. It is better not to waste high salaries on cowardly samurais."
"We should abolish positions and departments that are useless in the modern age, even if they have a long history or are highly prestigious."
                             
                          原典

上州(小栗)数々(しばしば)人に語って曰く「今日国家多事財政困難の時に当り、腰抜け武士に高禄を給するは無用なり、宜しく此等のものを削らざる可からず」と、又曰く「仮令(たとえ)旧例古格なりと雖(いえど)も、無用の役員無用の役局は廃せざるべからず」と
                (勢多桃陽『小栗上野介』東京博文館・少年読本第四十編・明治三十四年九月)
              Original text
Joshu (Oguri who was in charge of Joshu or the present day Gunma Prefecture) often told people:
"At a time when the nation is in great financial difficulty, it is useless to give high stipends to cowardly samurais. We must cut back on these things as we see fit."
"Even if they are of old custom and/or style, useless officers and useless offices must be abolished."
("Kozukenosuke Oguri" by Toyo Seta, Tokyo Hakubunkan, Shonen Dokuhon No. 40, September, 1903 or Meiji 34)
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小栗上野介の言葉 1「真の武士」
小栗上野介の言葉 2「国民利福」
小栗上野介の言葉3「幕府の運命、日本の運命」
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