Oh. That. In Roman letters, you'd call it "bunbu."
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC defines it like this: "literary [bun] and military [bu] arts; the pen and the sword."
Sometimes it's used in the phrase bunbu nido [文武二道] or bunbu ryodo [文武両道], which refers to being well versed in both martial arts and intellectual pursuits. This was considered ideal for the samurai. In Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings, it says:
"The term 'warrior' speaks of the 'Two Ways of Culture and Conflict [this is the "文武二道"],' and to relish these two is our way."
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Date: 2004-01-13 04:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 12:39 am (UTC)Jim Breen's WWWJDIC defines it like this: "literary [bun] and military [bu] arts; the pen and the sword."
Sometimes it's used in the phrase bunbu nido [文武二道] or bunbu ryodo [文武両道], which refers to being well versed in both martial arts and intellectual pursuits. This was considered ideal for the samurai. In Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings, it says:
"The term 'warrior' speaks of the 'Two Ways of Culture and Conflict [this is the "文武二道"],' and to relish these two is our way."
I just think that's cool.
Next question. ; >
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Date: 2004-02-12 02:07 am (UTC)