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William Scott Wilson

The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts

And Other Tales

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This collection of parables written by an eighteenth-century samurai is a classic of martial arts literature. The tales are concerned with themes such as perception of conflict, self-transformation, the cultivation of chi (life energy), and understanding yin and yang. Some of the parables seem light and fanciful, but they offer the reader valuable lessons on the fundamental principles of the martial arts; The Mysterious Technique of the Cat is iconic. The demon in the title story refers to the mythical tengu, who guard the secrets of swordsmanship. A swordsman travels to Mt. Kurama, famous for being inhabited by tengu, and in a series of con… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Chozanshi, Issai
  • ISBN: 978-1-59030-989-6
  • EAN: 9781590309896
  • Produktnummer: 19431490
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.

Über den Autor


William Scott Wilson is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. His best-selling translations include Hagakure and The Book of Five Rings.

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