Bushido
Way of the Warrior, or Warrior's Way. It is the warrior caste's code of ethics and philiosophy, and was an idealized neo-Confucian concept devised to prevent rebellion by the warrior caste. Bushido included six ideals: giri (duty); shiki (resolve); ansha (generosity); fudo (immovable temperment); doryo (magnaminity); ninyo (humanity). It was popularized during the Tokugawa shogunate in order to keep the unemployed warriors occupied.
Pronounced: boo-she-doe
page revision: 1, last edited: 07 Jan 2011 20:06