Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Rhythm in Strategy)
Everything has its rhythm.
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Rhythm in Strategy)
The source
"Everything has its rhythm." Miyamoto Musashi said it in The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Rhythm in Strategy). Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
"物每に付拍子は有る物なれ共"Original Japanese, The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Rhythm in Strategy). Japanese: Miyamoto Musashi (Kinkodo, 1909), NDL digital text.
Who said it
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645). Undefeated swordsman who wrote The Book of Five Rings in a cave a few weeks before he died.
Questions
- Who said "Everything has its rhythm."?
- Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645). Source: The Book of Five Rings, Earth (Rhythm in Strategy).
- What is the original Japanese?
- 物每に付拍子は有る物なれ共. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
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