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Chapter 216 Bushido Spirit

Wu Tianyuan respects Zhang Boju very much. In fact, the six major collectors in the Republic of China, except Wang Jiqian who immigrated to the United States, are all patriots.In that turbulent era, the spirit of dedicating all your energy, even your own life, to defend the national treasure is the most priceless treasure worthy of inheritance.

The ancients did not measure achievements by money and power, but what spiritual beliefs they could leave for future generations!For example, Wen Tianxiang, and Da Nangong Samurai, the representative of the Japanese bushido spirit!They are all immortalized with the integrity of being loyal to the emperor and patriotism rather than submitting to surrender.

Wu Tianyuan has recently studied the character of the Japanese, found a lot of inside information, and gained a new understanding of them.Bushido originated in ancient Japan. It is based on the consciousness of the lord who is not afraid of death and risking his life. In order to realize the value of the individual in the collective and the group, he should give full play to his ability and emphasize "death without remembrance, death without scruples". Death, death without hesitation" is the samurai spirit of sacrificing one's life for righteousness without reservation. The most typical behavior of Bushido spirit is seppuku.

Bushido attaches great importance to the precepts of the monarch and his ministers. "The emperor is not the emperor" (the emperor is tyrannical and has no way) and "the ministers are not the ministers" (the ministers are not the same as the ministers).China's original Confucianism is based on filial piety, and filial piety is the absolute value.

If "the father has faults", the son "remonstrates three times but does not listen, then he will cry and follow", but if "the king has faults", the minister "remonstrates three times and does not listen, then flees."

Bushido theorists believe that Confucian "shido theory" is whitewashing the selfishness of greed for life and fear of death, being cautious about human relations and paying attention to the morality of the lord before choosing life and death, but facing death but not simply dying.Only the pure and thorough awareness of death is the strength of Bushido.

The purpose of Bushido is very similar to that of knights in the Western Middle Ages. It sets the concept of survival for warriors and sublimates them from the status of hired killers.Warriors who truly believe in Bushido advocate integrity, perseverance, simplicity, simplicity, courage, etiquette, faith, integrity, bravery, loyalty, agitation, boldness, martial arts and other virtues.

This spirit can also be used to explain the suicide attacks of Japanese defenders on all the small Pacific islands shouting long live during World War II.

Bushido lived on in the Japanese Army and Navy in the twentieth century.Bushido, like other formal codes of conduct, had its downsides.The samurai often treated captives brutally because the captives had renounced Bushido.Many of the samurai's enemies were executed after battle for this reason alone.

Unlike medieval Europe, where nobles and knights were held captive (often imprisoned for years) and redeemed for ransom, the Japanese style of warfare never took the form of exchanging captives for money.A samurai or daimyo captured alive in battle usually died an ignominious death at the hands of his captors.

Wu Tianyuan has seen an expert study the deep-seated psychological reasons of Bushido spirit, which has a huge connection with Japan's national flower cherry blossom.Anyone who has seen cherry blossoms knows that a single cherry blossom is beautiful, but a group of cherry blossoms is even more beautiful, which is very similar to the group spirit of Japanese samurai.

Bushido focuses on commonality rather than individuality like European samurai.But his commonality is actually narrower than the knight-errant spirit of European warriors. This group spirit is different from the spirit of unity, and it is definitely not patriotic. What they love is the warrior group they belong to.

Historically, the Japanese evaluated samurai not by whether they were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but by whether they were loyal to their own samurai group. For example, the Sanada warriors in the Warring States period and the samurai group against the emperor’s forces in the Meiji period all gave positive comments. Therefore, the criterion for judging is not whether their actions are beneficial to Japan, but because they are a group of samurai loyal to their own group and have implemented the spirit of Bushido.

The Japanese believe that the most beautiful time for cherry blossoms is not when they are in full bloom, but when they wither. The flowering period of cherry blossoms is not long, but the characteristic of withering is that all the cherry blossoms all over the mountain wither overnight, and not a single flower lingers on the branches.

This is the spiritual realm advocated by the Japanese samurai, reaching the pinnacle of one's life in a moment of dazzling beauty, exerting one's greatest value, and then ending one's own life without any regrets!

A samurai commits suicide not because he can't afford to lose, nor because he feels ashamed of losing, and he commits suicide because of humiliation. The samurai is not so weak. There may be greater brilliance, and at this moment, it should wither like cherry blossoms without nostalgia.

This can explain the cruelty of the Japanese in the war. A person who can even give up his own life at any time will cherish the prisoners?

In the spirit of Japanese Bushido, seppuku is considered by the samurai as a sacrifice for righteousness. Although seppuku is very painful, in fact this kind of pain is also deliberately caused.

The seppuku practitioner must use more than one knife to cut open his own abdomen.Because removing the internal organs by oneself is too terrible, the method of seppuku was finally modified, and the seppuku method was changed to be cut by the seppuku practitioner himself.

Immediately after the first incision, a friend or trusted vassal cut off the seppuku's head with a merciful blow.People who take on the role of making up the knife call it Jiecuo, but seppuku is not the only official way of suicide.

Therefore, studying the history of the complete world, no one can truly live forever because of his great wealth and power. Instead, those who sacrifice their lives for righteousness and have a high moral integrity can be worshiped by future generations.No matter how depraved a person is, there is still a side that pursues truth, goodness and beauty in his heart!
"right here"

The two of them came to a small village in the countryside of Xiangcheng, and found the door of a dilapidated small courtyard.According to the records, when Zhang Boju's house was ransacked, a small leader named Li Daming led a team and stole a lot of calligraphy and paintings, and finally disappeared. This is Li Daming's residence.

Wu Tianyuan bought the entire yard for less than [-] yuan. People in the village said that Li Daming had died long ago and had no descendants. No one had entered it for decades.

The two soon found a letter in the cabinet, which recorded that after the house was ransacked, Li Daming also knew that these were priceless treasures.Having read the books for several years, he couldn't bear to destroy them, so he secretly hid a few books and buried them under the big tree in the backyard.

"Song Huizong's Four Birds Picture!"

"Huang Tingjian's post to all the lords!"

"Li Di's Flowers and Birds!"

Wu Tianyuan lamented that Zhang Boju deserves to be a top collector. Any one is a national treasure. According to statistics, the number of cultural relics destroyed in all wars is not as good as those special years!

Numerous cultural relics were regarded as the Four Olds, and every household desperately eliminated evidence that might be criticized, and hundreds of thousands of high-level intellectuals were sent to the countryside.Breaking the backbone of Chinese culture at once will make culture lag behind by at least 50 years!
Wu Tianyuan sent the treasure back to the museum, and only a few collectors like Zhang Boju can have such a heavy treasure. Now there are more than a dozen calligraphy and paintings of the Song Dynasty.

"Prepare an exhibition hall for displaying Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, who is called the No. [-] Emperor Wen of the ages!"

After Wu Tianyuan counted Song Huizong in his hand, there are now ten, absolutely shocking.Ask the staff to take out some Ming-style furniture, arrange it into a study room, and then hang Song Huizong.

"Wait for the next step to find some more five famous kilns, Ru Guan Ge Junding, let's use Ru kiln to drink tea, how does it feel!"

Hu Jianmin looked at the thin gold body obsessively, and said with a smile: "This study can no longer be measured by money. If the five famous kilns gather together, plus these calligraphy and paintings, it will cost more than 300 billion!"

(End of this chapter)