SEBASTIAN MARSHALL

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More Excerpts from Hagakure, Ch. 1

I posted "Excerpts From Hagakure, Chapter 1" a while back. The book is dense with interesting ideas. Here's some more excerpts -

When an official place is extremely busy and someone comes in thoughtlessly with some business or other, often there are people who will treat him coldly and become angry. This is not good at all. At such times, the etiquette of a samurai is to calm himself and deal with the person in a good manner. To treat a person harshly is the way of middle class lackeys.

Treat people calmly and with good manners, even when they're a little careless. "To treat a person harshly is the way of middle class lackeys" - that made me laugh.

There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to pet wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.

You get wet either way in a rainstorm, but by accepting it you stay of clear mind. What a great metaphor. Accept that you'll get wet in a rainstorm - because you will either way - and go purposefully instead of rushing.

The Unsurprisingness of Ingroup Dynamics

A steady slow stream of visitors find the post “Walmart Failed in Korea Because of a Lack of Walking Around.” It’s a pretty pro-Korea post, and there’s been quite a few comments by Koreans and people studying the culture and commerce. It did mention racism though –

“The blatant racism and xenophobia kind of sucks.”

To which a new commentor just quoted and asked –

“The blatant racism and xenophobia kind of sucks.”

Understatement of the year?

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