Code of the Samurai by Thomas Cleary

Author:Thomas Cleary
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0042-8
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2019-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Warriors

WARRIORS ARE FUNCTIONARIES who are supposed to punish criminals disrupting society, and bring security to the members of the other three classes. Therefore, even if you are of low rank, as a warrior you should not abuse or mistreat the other three classes.

To tax the farmers unreasonably and wear them out with all sorts of corveé labor, or to have artisans make things but not pay them for it, or to buy from merchants on credit and fail to settle accounts, or to borrow money and default on the loan—these are great injustices.

Understanding this, you should be sure to treat the farmers in your domain with compassion; see to it that the artisans are not ruined; and pay off loans to merchants, in small installments if lump-sum payment is impossible, so as not to cause them to suffer loss.

For a warrior whose duty it is to restrain brigandry, it will not do to act like a brigand yourself.

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