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Definition of Bushido
1. Noun. Traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living.
Definition of Bushido
1. n. The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan.
Definition of Bushido
1. Noun. An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bushido
1. the code of the samurai [n -DOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushido
Literary usage of Bushido
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Getting the Most Out of Business: Observations of the Application of the by Elias St. Elmo Lewis (1919)
"As Wan Yang Ming, the Chinese philosopher says over and over again—"To know and
to act are one and the same thing," bushido was a system of thought, ..."
2. A Handbook of Modern Japan by Ernest Wilson Clement (1903)
"CHAPTER XVIII CONFUCIANISM, bushido, BUDDHISM OUTLINE OF TOPICS: ... influences of
Confucianism and bushido. — Buddhism; general view; chief sects; ..."
3. Little Theater Classics by Samuel Atkins Eliot (1921)
"... under the absolutism of the Tokugawa Shoguns, such a vendetta should have
actually taken place and supplied such a perfect example of bushido (the grave ..."
4. The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"It is supposed, for example, that all are fairly well versed in bushido, ju-jutsu,
art, learning, etiquette, ethics, etc. Occidental contempt or ignorance ..."
5. A Handbook of Modern Japan by Ernest Wilson Clement (1903)
"... or Topics: Confucianism; “Five Relations”; BushidO; influences of Confucianism
and ... bushido ..."
6. Democracy and the Eastern Question: The Problem of the Far East as by Thomas Franklin Millard (1919)
"... parallel with modern Germany—The cult of emperor divinity—Invention of a new
religion —Japan's historical background—bushido a recent fabrication—Divine ..."
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