An Analysis Of The Spirit Of Bushido In Nitobe Inazo's Bushido

As a Japanese educator,thinker and an expert in agriculture,Nitobe Inazo who is active in the world stage has made a contribution on the communication between the culture of Japan and West.The publication of the book Bushido also set off a bushido research craze in the Western world.This paper will analyze the characteristics of Bushido spirit in Nitobe Inazo's exposition during making a detailed interpretation of the spirit of Bushido discussed in Bushido.And at the same time,this paper also combines with the history of traditional Bushido,aims to find out the inheritance and development of the traditional Bushido spirit in Bushido.Nitobe Inazo was born in a traditional samurai family at the end of the Tokugawa period,hi was trained as an Orthodox samurai when he was young.After the disappearance of the Samurai class,Nitobe Inazo contacted Christianity and baptized as a Christian.During studies in the United States and Germany,Nitobe Inazo was able to gain a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Western culture,and on this basis hi began to be active on the international stage.In the Bushido,Nitobe Inazo makes a detailed exposition of the various spirits of bushido,namely,righteousness,courage,benevolence,propriety,faith,reputation and loyalty.After analyzing the above spirits,we can find that Nitobe Inazo focus on the combination of force and non-violence,such as the emphasis on righteousness and bravery,which derive from the samurai's original warrior status and belong to the martial spirits,and at the same time absorb the Confucian benevolence,propriety and faith thought,together with Japan's unique reputation thought.Nitobe Inazo regard the loyalty as the core of the spirit of Bushido,with paramount importance,when loyalty comes into conflict with other morals,Bushido will choose loyalty with no hesitation.In fact,Nitobe Inazo's spirit of Bushido has a long history.In the course of the development of the traditional Bushido spirit,the spirit of loyalty sprouts from the emergence of the Samurai Regiment in the Heian period and enriched with the vicissitudes of Times,has become the dominant spirit in the Edo period.The combination of force and non-violence can be proved in the Muromachi period.It can be said that the spirit of Bushido in Bushido is the inheritance of the traditional spirit of Bushido,has a certain historical basis,can be used as an important reference for the study of Bushido.However,in order to popularize the spirit of Bushido to the world,Nitobe Inazo list all of the spirits in one book with beautiful descriptions ignoring the influence of the real society,which is also a problem that must be paid attention to in the process of the study of the spirit of Bushido.