Did you know it only after reading the comics or games? I have seen Miyamoto Musashi in "Iron Sword" and "Pokemon".
Miyamoto Musashi is Japan's great swordsman in the 17th century. He is a guy who uses two swords. The same name is Sasaki Kojiro. After their duel on Ganryu Island, they defeated Kojiro and became famous.
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Miyamoto Musashi was a swordsman in Japan at the end of the Warring States Period and the early Tokugawa Shogunate. His influence in Japan was so great that there was "Sanada's (Yukimura’s) gun, Miyamoto’s sword”. He claimed: "I have studied swordsmanship since childhood, traveled around the country, met swordsmen of various schools, and competed more than sixty times without losing." Japan is a nation that advocates force and swords. Although the Ming Dynasty had conflicts with both the Japanese government and the public, Despite the friction, a large number of swords were imported from Japan. From a commercial perspective, Japanese swords were equivalent to China's silk and tea before the Opium War, and accounted for a large proportion of foreign trade. The Kusanagi sword that is still preserved in Japan is respected as a national treasure by the Japanese. There are many such national treasures in Japan. In Japan, they not only have cultural relic value, but are also worshiped as sacred objects or sacred objects. "Nihon Shoki" It also records the story of the emergence of the Caosha sword. Among the three treasures used as tokens (equivalent to jade seals) by Japanese emperors when they came to the throne, there is also the Amancongyun Sword - of course, as Rune Benedict, the author of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" said, the original sword has been in a turmoil It sank to the bottom of the sea, and now the royal family only uses imitations. Until the Meiji period, swords were still considered part of the samurai's body. Nitobe Inzo's book "The Way of the Bushi" states that even stepping over the opponent's sword unintentionally was regarded as a great disrespect and insult to the owner. . In the TV series "Toshiie Yumatsu", Oda Nobunaga inadvertently gave Sasana Masa's sword to others, and Sasana Masa was quite frustrated and panicked.
The end of the Warring States Period was undoubtedly an era when swordsmen emerged in large numbers. Famous swordsmen at that time included Kamizumi Nobutsuna, Yagyu Sogan, Marume Nagae, Ito Ittosai, etc. Even Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the general of the Muromachi shogunate, was a famous "swordsman general". Miyamoto Musashi lived in such an environment.
Miyamoto Musashi became famous due to his decisive battle with Sasaki Kojiro. At that time, Kojiro's reputation was at its peak and he was said to be undefeated, while Musashi was just an unknown boy. The duel was held on Yanliu Island at noon. Kojiro arrived early, but Musashi still didn't show up. Seeing that the sun had turned to the west, Musashi leisurely appeared in everyone's sight in a small boat. Kojiro, who was already impatient with waiting, ignored Musashi for his breach of trust, pulled out the sword, threw away the scabbard, and rushed to the shore on foot. Miyamoto Musashi stood up calmly and said: "Kojiro will be defeated!" He also jumped on the shore. The result can be imagined, Musashi was waiting for work and was sure of victory. It is said that before the duel, Musashi said: "The sword and the sheath are a whole, but you threw away the sheath, which shows that you are far from reaching the highest level!" Kojiro was speechless for a moment. This seems a bit overwhelming, because in fact, most Japanese swordsmen do not wear scabbards when fighting, and wearing scabbards would be a hindrance. Musashi is the creator of the two-sword style. After the duel, Kojiro was seriously injured. He struggled and said, "I will leave it to you to complete my unfinished business." After that, he died. The unfinished business was, of course, the promotion of swordsmanship. Later, Musashi traveled to Japan, competed in martial arts, discussed martial arts, and created the "Book of Five Rings", which can be regarded as "living up to his trust."
Some people said that Miyamoto was too cunning. At that time, Kojiro's physical strength had already passed the peak of his life, and Miyamoto used tricks again and again. If it were true about swordsmanship, Kojiro might not lose to Miyamoto. In order to support this statement, someone also said: Look, Miyamoto Musashi has never defeated a particularly good swordsman! This statement is even more absurd. If Nobutsuna Kamizumi was defeated by Miyamoto, would his name still be so famous? If Kojiro hadn't competed with Miyamoto, he might not have been another sword master! And "trick" is part of "kendo". During the Warring States Period, the Chinese annotated version of "Sun Tzu" was spread to Japan. For a while, the Japanese began to learn and use it. At that time, Uesugi Kenshin, the Dragon of Goetsu, and Takeda Shingen, the Tiger of Kai They all claim to be well versed in this, but there is no doubt that Oda Nobunaga made the best use of "Sun Tzu's Art of War". When the dragon and tiger in front were still entangled in Kawanakajima for petty gains, Oda Nobunaga It has expanded from half of Owari Province to almost the entire Gyeonggi region, and has basically established its dominance.
Similarly, the art of war has also been utilized in kendo. Rather than saying that Miyamoto Musashi defeated Kojiro with swordsmanship, it is better to say that he used the art of war. In addition to the art of war, there is also the Zen method in kendo. A Yagyu Tajima Mamoru (probably referring to Muneyan), after teaching the sword technique to his disciples, said: "This is all I can teach you. If you want to make greater progress, you must learn from the Zen method." "Enlightenment." Musashi later devoted himself to writing "The Book of Five Rings", which also emphasized Zen. From this, we can say that Kojiro's swordsmanship has not reached the highest level, otherwise he would not be restless, but Miyamoto did not hesitate to use it. The late approach caused chaos to the opponent, and seemed to fall into the inferior position of the art of war, which will inevitably leave people with ridicule.
But it is probably unrealistic to say that Miyamoto’s swordsmanship is second-rate. Watanabe Yukian, a disciple of Yagyu Munomi, said: “I was once a disciple of Yagyu Tajima Shomonomi, and he obtained the secret. It is said that Takemura Musashi (that is, Miyamoto Musashi) was a famous person who practiced his swordsmanship. Compared with Tajima, for example, in Go, the nine Kurokos were stronger than Miyamoto. The head of the famous swordsman Okaki family. Later, more than a dozen masters of the Okaki clan ambushed Miyamoto. This time, Miyamoto Musashi almost massacred the Okaki clan. It is said that the youngest among those killed was only ten years old. . Swordsmanship was originally used to kill people, but the purpose of kendo is not to kill people, but Miyamoto had to kill people. Some people say that Kojiro who was killed was a close friend of Miyamoto Musashi. This may be Miyamoto's sorrow, but this is Japanese kendo. of sorrow. Later, Mr. Gu Long interpreted this as: People in the world cannot help themselves. The dry taste is self-evident.
In that era, it seemed that samurai had to talk about politics, and swordsmen were no exception. Kamiizumi Nobutsuna was named the "Sword Master" by the Muromachi Shogunate, and he awarded Ashikaga Yoshiteru the title of "Sword Master", which has the flavor of "throwing a peach and repaying him with a plum", which cannot help but make people suspicious. . The swordsmanship of this "swordsman general" failed to save the Muromachi shogunate and his own life. He was later murdered by the "Miyoshi Trio" and Matsunagahide. The Yagyu family was very lucky. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, their family members served as Tajima guards for generations, serving as the shogun's chief of bodyguards and swordsmanship instructors. But something went wrong later. After the fourth-generation shogun Ietsuna learned a few moves from Tajima Mamoru, he thought he was invincible. One night, he dressed up for a night trip and was knocked off his weapon by Tajima Mamoru's sword. From then on, Yagyu The whole family was alienated. It is said that Miyamoto Musashi participated in the Battle of Sekigahara and belonged to the Western Army of Ishida Mitsunari. The Western Army was defeated miserably. He was not killed by the enemy troops and headhunting farmers and escaped by chance. When Tokugawa Ieyasu finally took action against the Toyotomi family, he entered Osaka Castle as a ronin and was defeated. He escaped alone (while Sanada Yukimura died under Osaka Castle). Later, after being introduced by a friend, Miyamoto Musashi served the daimyo Hosokawa family. And Sasaki Kojiro was the retainer and martial arts instructor of the Hosokawa family during his lifetime. Whether there was any inside story could only be guessed later.
It is said that Miyamoto Musashi once challenged Marume Nagae. At this time, Nagae was over ninety years old and lived in seclusion in the countryside with a few disciples to farm. The two did not take action directly. Nagae frightened Musashi away with a single action of drawing his sword. This detail was later used by Mr. Gu Long in his novel. But Nagae later said to his disciples: "Miyamoto Musashi's future is limitless, and his two-handed sword style is the authentic two-handed sword technique.
"I don't know why, but I admire this old man very much. Maybe he is the only one who has truly found the true meaning of kendo!
Miyamoto Musashi is not Tokugawa Ieyasu or Toyotomi Hideyoshi; he is not the all-powerful one. A politician is not a famous samurai. Before he was 17 years old, he committed evil in the countryside and did not know the meaning of life. After 17 years old, he went to the Battle of Sekigahara and narrowly escaped death. He was tied to a thousand-year-old cedar by the monk Ze'an. , was imprisoned in the castle tower, and then found life and had a sudden enlightenment; he, at the age of 21, determined to be a practicing martial artist, so he gave up his true love of "Atong", but his heart has been tied to her for ten years; he, with Treating hardship as bread and hardship as water, he has traveled all over the world; he once competed with sixty-six masters and won all the victories. However, he defeated the famous swordsman Sasaki Kojiro in the "Funajima Duel" and shocked the past and present! He is such a person. You, like my practitioner of life, a warrior who strives to achieve his goals, a kendo master from the 17th century, Miyamoto Musashi, a legendary figure from 400 years ago, who deeply influenced the writers who are familiar to you and me in the 20th century, Artist and martial artist: an elite who shook the times and moved countless followers who struggled for life.
Miyamoto Musashi, born in 1584 and died in 1645. Miyamoto Musashi Genshin (formerly known as Shinmon Musashi Genshin in the Art of War Nitenichi). When he was young, he learned Tori-ryu art of war from his father, Shinmon Musashi nosuke Itshin, from the age of thirteen to the age of twenty-nine. He has competed with other schools more than sixty times and has never been defeated once. In addition to swordsmanship, he is also a master of various martial arts such as shuriken and taijutsu (unarmed martial arts). In his twenties, he has created a school known as "Yuan Ming Yi Yi" (Yuan Ming Yi Yi) Meiryu)"; in the 10th year of Keicho (1605), he wrote "Military Mirror". In Kan'ei's reign (1624-1644), he completed the art of war with two swords, which is known as "two swords first class". Musashi was fifty-seven years old, Kan'ei ten In the seventh year (1640), he was invited by the Lord of the Kumamoto Domain, Hosokawa Goe Nakamori Tadayoshi, to formally teach the art of war there, and at the same time he began to write a book on the theory of the art of war. It was called "The Art of War Niten First Class" and it was also after Musashi entered Kumamoto. Kan'eiji In October of the tenth year (1643), Musashi lived in seclusion in Lingyan Cave and began to write the "Five Rings Book". In the second year of Shobao's reign, he passed the "Five Rings Book" to the grandson of the temple, Zhisheng Shengxin, "The Preface to the Five Directions of the Tai Sword" and "The Art of War Twenty" "Five Articles" were passed down to Terao Qiumasuke Nobuyuki, and he left this world. He died at the age of sixty-two (another version is sixty-four). There are still his successors in Kyushu today.
Miyamoto Musashi’s sword
The swords of Japanese samurai are their souls, and what is the situation of the soul of Miyamoto Musashi, who is regarded as the saint in the sword? The sword master Miyamoto Musashi is not only named after his sword Passed down to later generations, he also had achievements in calligraphy, painting, and sculpture. His works "Five Rings" and "Thirty-nine Articles" also reflect his deep thinking, rich realm, and wide knowledge. However, Miyamoto Musashi did not learn from a teacher. Not only his scholarship and art, but also his own swordsmanship, he was self-taught without a teacher. He learned it through practical training, coupled with observation and careful thinking. Miyamoto Musashi is indeed worthy of the name of a master. , the way of swordsmanship leads to heaven and man, it can be used both left and right, and it is wonderful to pick it up at your fingertips. His articles and actions contain a lot of wisdom about life and management. Miyamoto Musashi once used the following poem to describe his heart of swordsmanship. Treasure mirror. The clear blue pond water is like a clear and cold treasure mirror silently reflecting. This artistic conception seems to be similar to Liu Zongyuan's fishing alone in the cold snow in the cold river, and its spirit is in an "empty" realm. Miyamoto Musashi " The last volume of the "Five Rings Scroll" is the "Scroll of the Sky". Musashi believes that the Sword of the Sky is the final sword and the foundation of the way of kendo.
Miyamoto Musashi's Way of the Sky is not The way of Gong Kong is the way of emptiness. This emptiness is achieved through hard work day and night, constantly polishing the mind and mind, and constantly polishing the senses and vision. When your spirit is spotless, you will be free from the clouds of confusion. When everything is swept away, there is true emptiness. The emptiness of the sword is a free, clear and clear state of mind; when facing the enemy, it is not obscured by the environment, the actions of the opponent, or To be blinded by one's own feelings, not to be blinded by one's own thinking, and to be able to face everything as it is is the meaning of emptiness. In life, every time you are in a hand-to-hand situation, you are most afraid of being self-aware,
< p> Responding to shadows in kind will undoubtedly hit a wall. The meaning of emptiness can also be regarded as the meaning of an empty state of mind. An empty state of mind reflects things truthfully and responds directly. A little poem by Rabindranath Tagore goes like this He wrote, "When a person puts a lamp on his head, what he sees in front of him is his own shadow." People who only see their own shadow are reallyIf you are in a dangerous situation and do not know the danger, if you mistake your own shadow as your opponent, you will just spin around like a dog chasing its own tail. Actions do not mean effective and meaningful actions. Increase the number of actions. It does not mean that the environment has changed. It turns out that everything you see when you look up are your own shadows dancing around, making you dizzy.
Miyamoto Musashi’s emptiness is to see things clearly, see people and themselves clearly , see everything clearly. However, this state of mind that sees through the end of all things and goes straight to the root is not achieved overnight. According to Oyama Katsuki's description, Miyamoto Musashi was about thirty years old and personally experienced Ishishusai's sword of all living beings. After reaching this realm, he has been persevering in exploring the way of life with swordsmanship, hoping to connect to the source of life. Koyama Katsukiyoshi wrote Miyamoto Musashi’s autobiography when he was fifty years old, "From then on, I used Ishishusai's Finally, I was praised for my excellent swordsmanship, and I was confident that I was invincible. My heart naturally improved, but I couldn't open the final iron door." My depression in the past few years is because of this. Late at night, I thought of committing suicide. My study of painting, studying Chinese and various books was also to borrow the power of others to open this iron door." Musashi's sword is the sword that explores life, and Wan The root of the Dharma lies in the "rock body", which is the embodiment of the immovable mind. How can we remain as immovable as a mountain and have a normal mind? Like the Aikido master Morihei Ueshiba who taught Ou Sadaharu, Miyamoto Musashi still focused on "waiting" Learning. Waiting for a long time without getting bored is not an easy task. Two people are holding swords and facing each other. The victory or defeat depends on life and death. Both sides are waiting for the best opportunity, that is, the moment when the other party relaxes a little, it is the time to attack with all their strength. Without maintaining a normal mind, it is difficult to grasp this fleeting moment. A normal mind not only regards waiting as normal, but also allows us to strike with all our strength in an instant. This direct reaction without thinking about life and death is unintentional. It is a normal mind. The rock body is cultivated in this way. When facing all things with a normal mind, there is no distinction between waiting and inequality, and there is no pain of waiting or disappointment. Those who wait are originally in a passive position. The situation is not good; but those who are good defenders, or those who deal with it normally, can turn from passive to active. To be more precise, there is no active and passive reaction, it is just a natural reaction