ルーペ・フィアスコのインスタグラム(lupefiasco) - 9月10日 09時52分

Always walking through the valley of the shadow.

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LESSON #28 OF THE BUDOSHOSHINSHU
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BOTH CONTRADICTION AND FLATTERY ARE FAILURE OF DUTY There will be times when a warrior serving a lord will be on duty near his master, and be asked by him for his opinion concerning his own functions or other outside matters. At such a time, when the man gives his general opinion and his lord disagrees with him, if he thinks the lord’s reflections are not according to reason, he should listen prudently to him, end the matter by saying that his own thoughts were erroneous, and wait until the lord is in a better state of mind. When the situation is conducted in this way, the lord may change his thoughts on the matter, so that his wise considerations will not be amiss, and this will be to his benefit. Having no compunction in contradicting the lord repeatedly and telling him that he is wrong should depend on a man’s position. Generally, for a retainer not connected personally to the clan itself, such action is considered extremely impolite and is not done, no matter how much one may think it to be beneficial to the lord. However, there is nothing more outrageous and disloyal than to seemingly change one’s own opinion and flatteringly agree with the lord, admitting one’s own mistakes, wanting only to be in his present good graces while knowing in one’s mind that his opinion is contrary to reason. Generally speaking, it is a prime and conscious consideration of a warrior in service not to even allow a hairsbreadth of the desire to curry to the lord’s favor into his mind. When one has worked diligently in his own duties and has still not come into the lord’s favor, he should be resolved that it is a matter of his own unavoidable misfortune. This is one of the basic intentions of a warrior in service. These words are for the understanding of those intending to be warriors.

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