Masahiro Miyazaki is a researcher and writer who is arguably the Tadao Umesao of today.
I glanced at his latest work and was convinced this is one of his best books.
I was convinced this was one of his best books ever written.
I want to introduce an excerpt from pages 80 to 85 in this chapter.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese people but for people worldwide.
The Japanese who knew military strategy and mastered the study of "Sun Tzu" was Shoin Yoshida.
Yoshida Shoin had a penetrating insight into the wickedness of the world.
There are many wise people in the world, but there are two types: clever and wise.
In Europe, America, and China, "cleverness" is often prefixed with "cheat" or "badass. Unlike the Japanese, they are either "cheat-wise" or "badass-wise.
Clever (intelligent) people may speak out, but the media will not pick it up.
In both the U.S. and Japan, freedom of speech in the true sense of the word is rare.
Japan, in particular, is at the center of international politics but is left out of the information war.
Japan is being touted as an essential member of the G7. Still, without any inside information, they have been relying on their wallets and forcing the "Ukraine Reconstruction Conference" to be held in Tokyo.
Japan is truly "America's ATM."
They only relied on Japan's money.
However, Japan was excluded from the thank-you advertisements even though it cooperated in the Kuwait War and lost $13.5 billion.
In addition, we were forced to clean up the mess (minesweeping) of the West.
The bad guys started wars on their own, spreading the flames of war while crying out for human rights and plunging people into the abyss.
The bad guys are just fine with shifting the blame to others.
Why are we being forced to clean up after the devastation of the war in Ukraine, which was caused by people in a distant country that has nothing to do with Japan, while putting the Noto disaster recovery work on the back burner?
It is because Japan does not have a proper military force.
India has a free hand in diplomacy because it possesses nuclear weapons.
Diplomacy is backed by intelligence and military power.
When I heard about the dissolution of factions in the LDP, I was stunned to learn that Japanese politicians do not understand the true nature of politics.
In Japan's Diet, where second- and third-rate politicians gather, only "glossing over" can prevail.
Factions are the driving force and source of dynamism in festivals.
If they were to dismantle them, Japanese politics would be in a nebula-like state.
China will be pleased to see this happen.
In Japan, China's "proxies" are laughing at us.
（How dumb can the Japanese be?）
Sun Tzu said, "Defeat the plot, defeat the crossing" (i.e., find out the enemy's strategy, discord the enemy's forces internally, and, if possible, take over the enemy's part). It is the best strategy in war. You can win without fighting."
Japan needs to reexamine and relearn "Sun Tzu," which is also a textbook on the "logic of evil."
Japan does not need to imitate Sun Tzu.
However, it is necessary to understand the opponent's tactics and strategies, a concept that Japanese people need to have.
Shinsaku Takasugi and Genzui Kusaka received lectures on Sun Tzu by Shoin Yoshida at Shoukasonjuku.
After Shoin's death, Nogi Maresuke, a student of Shoin, was so fascinated by Shoin that he published, at his own expense, a private edition of his teacher's "Commentary on Sun Tzu" with footnotes and presented it to Emperor Meiji as a private message.
Shoin's representative works, "Anecdote Who Lectured on Mencius," "Shoin's Last Will Written in Prison," and "Commentary on Dr. Sun Tzu," have been completely forgotten.
It is a compilation of research on Sun Tzu in the Edo period (included in the fifth volume of "The Complete Works of Shoin Yoshida").
Shoin started as a military strategist who looked up to Yamaga Soko as his teacher.
He was in charge of the military affairs of the Mōri Chōshū clan.
Initially, the Edo government school was the Cheng-Zhu school, a branch of Confucianism. Still, at the end of the Edo period, Arai Hakuseki, Yamaga Soko, Ogyu Sorai, Yamazaki Ansai, Sakuma Shozan, and Saigo Takamori also read "Sun Tzu."
However, during the peaceful slumber of the Edo period (1603-1868), samurai were not accustomed to the rational and ruthless warfare methods of Sun Tzu, even though they had read the book.
The battle system of "plotting first" was too far removed from the aesthetic sense of the Japanese people.
Many Japanese were moved by Masashige Kusunoki's loyalty and the Ako Ronin's loyalty, but they did not make "Sun Tzu" their book of choice.
It is the primary reason why "Japanese common sense is the world's insanity."
This article continues.
I glanced at his latest work and was convinced this is one of his best books.
I was convinced this was one of his best books ever written.
I want to introduce an excerpt from pages 80 to 85 in this chapter.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese people but for people worldwide.
The Japanese who knew military strategy and mastered the study of "Sun Tzu" was Shoin Yoshida.
Yoshida Shoin had a penetrating insight into the wickedness of the world.
There are many wise people in the world, but there are two types: clever and wise.
In Europe, America, and China, "cleverness" is often prefixed with "cheat" or "badass. Unlike the Japanese, they are either "cheat-wise" or "badass-wise.
Clever (intelligent) people may speak out, but the media will not pick it up.
In both the U.S. and Japan, freedom of speech in the true sense of the word is rare.
Japan, in particular, is at the center of international politics but is left out of the information war.
Japan is being touted as an essential member of the G7. Still, without any inside information, they have been relying on their wallets and forcing the "Ukraine Reconstruction Conference" to be held in Tokyo.
Japan is truly "America's ATM."
They only relied on Japan's money.
However, Japan was excluded from the thank-you advertisements even though it cooperated in the Kuwait War and lost $13.5 billion.
In addition, we were forced to clean up the mess (minesweeping) of the West.
The bad guys started wars on their own, spreading the flames of war while crying out for human rights and plunging people into the abyss.
The bad guys are just fine with shifting the blame to others.
Why are we being forced to clean up after the devastation of the war in Ukraine, which was caused by people in a distant country that has nothing to do with Japan, while putting the Noto disaster recovery work on the back burner?
It is because Japan does not have a proper military force.
India has a free hand in diplomacy because it possesses nuclear weapons.
Diplomacy is backed by intelligence and military power.
When I heard about the dissolution of factions in the LDP, I was stunned to learn that Japanese politicians do not understand the true nature of politics.
In Japan's Diet, where second- and third-rate politicians gather, only "glossing over" can prevail.
Factions are the driving force and source of dynamism in festivals.
If they were to dismantle them, Japanese politics would be in a nebula-like state.
China will be pleased to see this happen.
In Japan, China's "proxies" are laughing at us.
（How dumb can the Japanese be?）
Sun Tzu said, "Defeat the plot, defeat the crossing" (i.e., find out the enemy's strategy, discord the enemy's forces internally, and, if possible, take over the enemy's part). It is the best strategy in war. You can win without fighting."
Japan needs to reexamine and relearn "Sun Tzu," which is also a textbook on the "logic of evil."
Japan does not need to imitate Sun Tzu.
However, it is necessary to understand the opponent's tactics and strategies, a concept that Japanese people need to have.
Shinsaku Takasugi and Genzui Kusaka received lectures on Sun Tzu by Shoin Yoshida at Shoukasonjuku.
After Shoin's death, Nogi Maresuke, a student of Shoin, was so fascinated by Shoin that he published, at his own expense, a private edition of his teacher's "Commentary on Sun Tzu" with footnotes and presented it to Emperor Meiji as a private message.
Shoin's representative works, "Anecdote Who Lectured on Mencius," "Shoin's Last Will Written in Prison," and "Commentary on Dr. Sun Tzu," have been completely forgotten.
It is a compilation of research on Sun Tzu in the Edo period (included in the fifth volume of "The Complete Works of Shoin Yoshida").
Shoin started as a military strategist who looked up to Yamaga Soko as his teacher.
He was in charge of the military affairs of the Mōri Chōshū clan.
Initially, the Edo government school was the Cheng-Zhu school, a branch of Confucianism. Still, at the end of the Edo period, Arai Hakuseki, Yamaga Soko, Ogyu Sorai, Yamazaki Ansai, Sakuma Shozan, and Saigo Takamori also read "Sun Tzu."
However, during the peaceful slumber of the Edo period (1603-1868), samurai were not accustomed to the rational and ruthless warfare methods of Sun Tzu, even though they had read the book.
The battle system of "plotting first" was too far removed from the aesthetic sense of the Japanese people.
Many Japanese were moved by Masashige Kusunoki's loyalty and the Ako Ronin's loyalty, but they did not make "Sun Tzu" their book of choice.
It is the primary reason why "Japanese common sense is the world's insanity."
This article continues.
2024/4/27 in Kochi
