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The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

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Passages from the Analects, Laozi, Sun Tzu and Musashi, at their chapter, with how each came to be quoted in Japan.

我事に於て後悔せず 我事に於て後悔せず · ware koto ni oite kōkai sezu In what I do, I do not regret
千里の道も一歩より 千里の道も一歩より · senri no michi mo ippo yori Even a road of a thousand ri begins from one step
己に忠実なれ 己に忠実なれ · onore ni chūjitsu nare To thine own self be true
初心忘る可からず 初心忘る可からず · shoshin wasurubekarazu The beginner's mind must not be forgotten
過ぎたるは尚及ばざるが如し 過ぎたるは尚及ばざるが如し · sugitaru wa nao oyobazaru ga gotoshi Going too far is as bad as falling short
温故知新 温故知新 · onko chishin Warm the old and know the new
空手に先手無し · 先づ自己を知れ而して他を知れ · 技術より心術 · 心は放たん事を要す · 常に思念工夫せよ 空手に先手無し · 先づ自己を知れ而して他を知れ · 技術より心術 · 心は放たん事を要す · 常に思念工夫せよ · karate ni sente nashi · mazu onore wo shire shikashite ta wo shire · gijutsu yori shinjutsu · kokoro wa hanatan koto wo yōsu · tsune ni shinen kufū seyo Five of Funakoshi's twenty precepts of karate
知者は惑わず · 仁者は憂えず · 勇者は懼れず 知者は惑わず · 仁者は憂えず · 勇者は懼れず · chisha wa madowazu · jinsha wa ureezu · yūsha wa osorezu The wise are not perplexed, the humane are not anxious, the brave are not afraid