Bushido

Bushido (Iaponice 武士ぶし道どう bushidou 'via bellatoris') est formula praeceptura vel disciplina equitis vel doctrina samurai qua fideles et honorem super mortem et peritum artis martialis esse exigit. Samurai qui perdit honorem redimere potest per mortem voluntariam ritualem appellatur seppuku. Habetur anima Iaponiae. In sermone hodierno inlatum est verbum in opera "Bushido:The Soul of Japan" ab Nitobe Inazō anno 1899.^[1]

Septa virtutes apud Nitobe Inazō

Iustitia (Iaponice: Gi 義よし)
Audex esse (Yŭ 勇いさむ)
Beneficentia (Jin 仁ひとし)
Respectus (Rei 礼れい)
Sinceritas vel integritas (Makoto 誠まこと )
Honos (Meiyo 名誉めいよ)
Fidelitas (Chūsgi 忠義ちゅうぎ)

Nota

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↑ Friday, Karl F. "Bushidō or Bull? A Medieval Historian's Perspective on the Imperial Army and the Japanese Warrior Tradition" The History Teacher, Vol. 27, No. 3 (May, 1994), pp. 340

[1] Friday, Karl F. "Bushidō or Bull? A Medieval Historian's Perspective on the Imperial Army and the Japanese Warrior Tradition" The History Teacher, Vol. 27, No. 3 (May, 1994), pp. 340

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