The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
And Other Tales
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 conve…
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Weitere Autoren: Wilson, William Scott (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8348-4196-3
- EAN: 9780834841963
- Produktnummer: 27769854
- Verlag: Shambhala
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'161 KB
Über den Autor
Issai Chozanshi is the pen name of Niwa Jurozaemon Tadaaki, an eighteenth-century swordsman and intellectual. His writings weave together ideas drawn from Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, and Taoism, and his treatises on the way of the sword and the martial arts demonstrate a remarkable synthesis of these philosophical traditions.
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