内容简介
Settingdownhisthoughtsonswordplay,onwinning,andonspirituality,legendaryswordsmanMiyamotoMusashiintendedthismodestworkasaguideforhisimmediatedisciplesandfuturegenerationsofsamurai.Hehadlittleideahewaspenningamasterpiecethatwouldbeeagerlydevouredbypeopleinallwalksoflifecenturiesafterhisdeath.AlongwithTheArtofWarbySunTzu,TheBookofFiveRingshaslongbeenregardedasaninvaluabletreatiseonthestrategyofwinning.Musashi'stimelessadviceondefeatinganadversary,throwinganopponentoff-guard,creatingconfusion,andothertechniquesforoverpoweringanassailantwasaddressedtothereadersofearliertimesonthebattlefield,andnowservesthemodernreaderinthebattleoflife.InthisnewrenderingbythetranslatorofHagakureandTheUnfetteredMind,WilliamScottWilsonadheresrigorouslytotheseventeenth-centuryJapanesetextandclarifiespointsofambiguityinearliertranslations.Inaddition,heoffersanextensiveintroductionandatranslationofMusashi'srarelypublishedTheWayofWalkingAlone.Thisgift-bookeditionalsofeaturesoriginalartbyMusashihimselfaswellasnewcalligraphybyJapaneseartistShiroTsujimura.