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Koichi san came up with the following, it is the reading on a tsuba I have. Does anyone know the origin of this ?. I see it has a lot of use after the Meiji Restoration and in WW2 for Kamikaze pilots. But I assume it is older than that ?.

 

The philosophy is based on Confucianism and rationalizes the superiority of the sovereign.

 

"“hi†is not superior to “riâ€. “ri†is not superior to “hoâ€. “ho†is not superior to “gonâ€. “gon†is not superior to “tenâ€.

 

非 (hi) – fault

 

理 (ri) – reason

 

法 (hô) – law

 

権 (gon) – authority

 

天 (ten) – God’s truth

 

Cheers

 

Rich

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