徳川恒孝氏講演会（徳川18代宗家) 5

6月9日　六本木

徳川恒孝氏講演会（徳川18代宗家) 5

5, The way of living

What is the original nature for japanese spirits which Yoshimune wanted his people have?

Modesty, frugality, simplicity, well-mannered, courteous, taoism,confusious spirits, respect for aged and weak, so on, all lead to spiritual life.

Non -consuming oriented, so all things were recycled, no garbages were produced.

In due course,the Japanese martial arts, the tea ceremony, flower arrangements, caligraphy, Bushi-do were all based upon these elements. In some ways, in these fields, one must observe strict etiquettes and rules to be followed. It's pretty often eraborated manneres.

Yoshimune urged people to follow such strict rules with their own pleasures, that's exactly what conuts, this is where his greatness lies upon, I suppose.　

Gradually, these etiquettes were taken up to the highest code of living.

They made own rules, strict procedures to be folloewd, and even happliy made it as the code of living, resultedly we made the way of living.