Korenaka went up to Kyoto from a local province carrying nothing wth him, and he switched over from one place to another in the central political community having only his own wits which had been polished through study, and so he was promoted to high posts by influential persons such as Kaneie, Michitaka and Michinaga, until he finally reached the post of Junii Chunagon.
地方出身でありながら、惟仲はその身一つで都に上り、勉学で磨いた才覚を武器に中央政界を渡り歩き、兼家、道隆、そして道長と言った実力者達に重用され、遂には従二位中納言にまで上り詰めた。