The "two-day first-class" art of war is the result of my several years of research, and it is now compiled in this book. I climbed to Mount Iwato in Feitatsu on Kyushu Island, worshipped the sky, kneeled before the Buddha and Guanyin and prayed, and wrote this book. My name is Miyamoto Musashi, and I am 60 years old this year. I am a samurai of the Kumamoto Domain Hosokawa Etchu Morutada.
I have been obsessed with sword skills since I was a child, and I have pursued it in my life. When I was thirteen years old, I participated in a duel for the first time. My opponent was the "new" warrior Arima Xibei, and I won. When I was sixteen, a warrior named Qiu Shan from Tajima was defeated by my sword. When I was 21 years old, I went to Kyoto to duel warriors from all over the country, but it was impossible to get a defeat.
From then on, I traveled everywhere and challenged every genre I could find. From the first duel at the age of thirteen to the last duel at the age of twenty-nine, there were more than sixty battles before and after, without fail.
I often think about the reasons for my undefeated. After I was thirty years old, I finally gained a little gain. I began to understand that the reason for my undefeated was not because my sword skills had reached the highest level, but it was because of my persistent pursuit of sword skills. , And learning sword skills in actual combat, has not deviated from the legal principles of sword skills? Or are the art of war of other schools inadequate? So I worked hard day and night to explore the true meaning of the art of war, and when I was fifty years old, I finally realized it.
Since then, I no longer spend my time on the exploration of the path of practice, but use the deductive method to draw inferences from one another, and apply the experience I have learned from the art of war to the learning of various skills. Once I got through Belden, based on this, I learned other skills at a rapid pace without a teacher.
Today, in the book that everyone has seen, there are no aphorisms from Buddhism or Confucianism, nor do they quote any ancient warfare or art books. Instead, he wrote down the experience and insights of this genre with pure use of heaven and Avalokitesvara as the mirror.
Late Night on October 10th, 20th Year of Kanei
To understand the benefits of the ancient arc arrow, "The Analects": "Foot soldiers." "Shang Shu": "Eight politics is called a teacher." "Yi" said: "Shizhen, Zhang Renji." "Poetry" said: "Wang Hesi Anger, I will conquer his journey." Huangdi Tang Wuxian used his qi to help the world. "Sima Law" says: "You can kill people because of people's death." Those who relied on martial arts died, and those who relied on text perished. This is also true of Fucha and King Yan. The sage's use of soldiers is always in force, and is used as a last resort. There are many war strategies in my view of military books, and Sun Wu has written them deeply. Auditing heavy lifting, drawing and drawing deep pictures, can not be false, but the world has never been deep and bright, saying that the situation text is annoying for those who are rich in the world, and loses its purpose, so the article is a brief explanation.