bushido, literally "the way of the warrior", is a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry.
The Bushido originates from the samurai moral code stressing frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death. Born from Neo-Confucianism during times of peace in Tokugawa Japan and following Confucian texts, Bushido was also influenced by Shinto and Zen Buddhism, allowing the violent existence of the samurai to be tempered by wisdom and serenity. Bushidō developed between the 9th and 20th centuries and numerous translated documents dating from the 12th to 16th centuries demonstrate its wide influence across the whole of Japan,although some scholars have noted "the term bushidō itself is rarely attested in premodern literature."
Samurai Warrior Code was a strict code that demanded:loyalty devotion obedience duty filial piety respect self sacrifice honor to the death Under this code, if a samurai warrior failed to uphold his honor he could regain it by performing seppuku (ritual suicide).
The samurai bushido code is an internally-consistent ethical code, grounded in the spiritual approach of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism.
In its purest form, it demands of its practitioners that they look effectively backward at the present from the moment of their own death, as if they were already, in effect, dead.
There are seven virtues associated with the samurai code of bushido:
The Bushido originates from the samurai moral code stressing frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death. Born from Neo-Confucianism during times of peace in Tokugawa Japan and following Confucian texts, Bushido was also influenced by Shinto and Zen Buddhism, allowing the violent existence of the samurai to be tempered by wisdom and serenity. Bushidō developed between the 9th and 20th centuries and numerous translated documents dating from the 12th to 16th centuries demonstrate its wide influence across the whole of Japan,although some scholars have noted "the term bushidō itself is rarely attested in premodern literature."
Samurai Warrior Code was a strict code that demanded:
The samurai bushido code is an internally-consistent ethical code, grounded in the spiritual approach of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism.
In its purest form, it demands of its practitioners that they look effectively backward at the present from the moment of their own death, as if they were already, in effect, dead.
There are seven virtues associated with the samurai code of bushido:
- Gi - Rectitude
- Yu - Courage
- Jin - Benevolence
- Rei - Respect
- Makoto - Honesty
- Meiyo - Honor
- Chugi - Loyalty