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Japanese
Etymology
Phrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + 筆 (fude, “writing brush; writing with a brush”) + を (o, accusative case particle) + 選ばず (erabazu, the negative continuative of verb 選ぶ erabu, “to choose”). Literally “Kōbō Daishi never chooses his calligraphy brush”.
Pronunciation
Proverb
弘法筆を選ばず • (kōbō fude o erabazu)
- A good workman never blames his tools.
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