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nadriel ([personal profile] nadriel) wrote2003-09-18 03:46 pm

The Code of Bushido

1. Loyalty: faithfulness, allegiance to master and cause
2. Honor: a good name and reputation, self respect
3. Virtue: valor, merit, and moral righteousness
4. Rectitude: moral integrity and correct judgment, trustworthiness
5. Fearlessness: courage
6. Righteousness: sense of obligation and duty
7. Athletic Skill: strength and power
8. Military Skill: weapons and strategy
9. Unselfishness: willingness to serve and give to others
10. Justice: fairness in dealing with others
11. Benevolence: charity with tenderness
12. Politeness: courtesy, observing the cultural amenities
13. Veracity: honesty
14. Sincerity: open and genuine
15. Education and Culture

And yet, even with all this (as well as the Code of Chivalrey), I still find time to fit in silliness and my warped sense of humour...

[identity profile] takhisis.livejournal.com 2003-09-18 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, disregard my previous comment about needing to go look it up. *slaps forehead*

Sounds about right as well... "Moral righteousness" makes me snicker at first, but then I remind myself that while in common parlance "morals" is now synonymous with "Fundamentalist Christian Morals", it actually means one's own personal moral code. And yeah, I do get pretty rabid about that on occasion.

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-18 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
I hear you. My friends really don't understand it...