歌か人じんは居いながらにして名めい所しょを知しる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

poets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights

Proverb meaning that a person of refined sensibility can appreciate the world without physically traveling; often used to praise imagination or literary knowledge.

• 「歌か人じんは居いながらにして名めい所しょを知しる」というから、旅たびをしなくても名めい所しょのことはよく知しっている。

  As the proverb goes, 'a poet knows famous places without leaving home,' so I know about famous sights well even without traveling.