What constitutes a great warrior‚ does not necessarily comprise a great leader. The Records of the Grand Historian show a great warrior in Xiang Yu‚ but also a terrible leader. Further‚ this text portrays Gaozu as an adequate warrior yet‚ a magnificent leader. A warrior is defined by their ability to bravely enter battle against all odds‚ while also having incredible combat skills that evoke fear in their enemy. When analyzing two characters‚ Xiang Yu and Gaozu‚ from Records of the Grand Historian
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lives in step with the ethic code of code ("the method of the warrior"). powerfully Confucian in nature‚ code stressed ideas like loyalty to one’s master‚ self discipline and respectful‚ moral behavior. several samurai were additionally drawn to the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism. History The samurai trace their origins to the
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honor‚ and death viewpoint. The Japanese called their warriors Samurai‚ and the Europeans called their warriors Knights. They both swore oaths of loyalty to noble lords and fought to the death to defend them. This happened at the same time even though Japan and Europe were thousands of miles apart. Samurai were a little higher up than Knights in the feudal social order. In the social order in feudal Japan if you were a Samurai you were a warrior who owed loyalty and military service to Dalmyos for
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pride in their arts with their poetic skills‚ and calligraphy‚ while the Europeans were less involved in the arts. The Europeans were more focused toward knights and the warrior class than the arts. The third thing they have culturally different is their views on women. The Japanese thought women should tough like their warriors and accept self-destruction out of loyalty to the lord or family. The Europeans saw women as fragile and inferior beings. One political difference is their political structures
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1100 to 1868 and Europe’s feudal system during the middle ages from the 800’s to the 1600’s were similar regarding warriors and weapons‚ considering that they were based on similar codes of conduct and weaponry‚ were similar in their socio-political division that had a similar hereditary hierarchy‚ but the treatment of women differed in that women were allowed to serve in Japanese warrior class but not in the European’s. European knights were very similar to the Japanese samurais; not only were they
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are alike to each other. The west and east are different about their view on women; also the two are different about how they believe in sacrificial ceremonies. Feudal Europe and feudal Japan are similar in ways as they both have a warrior class. Japan’s class of warriors is the Samurai while the Europeans count on Knights. This shows that feudal Japan and Europe have both similarities and differences that express each way of life. Feudal Japan’s view on women was much greater than feudal Europe’s
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Japan and Europe during the middle ages had both been affected by agriculture‚ social classes‚ and lack of power from the king/emperor. However‚ there had been major differences such as the role of women‚ and the different beliefs for a warrior between Chivalry (knights) and the Bushido code (samurais). Japan and Europe during the middle ages had both been affected by agriculture‚ social classes‚ and lack of power from the king/emperor. For example‚ in each place‚ peasants provided food for the
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In the story of Beowulf there is a transition from a great young warrior to an even nobler king. Beowulf‚ a Danish Prince‚ fights and earns enough respect to obtain a great reputation as a notable leader. There are two sides to Beowulf - the warrior and the leader. In the beginning‚ he fights alone for one purpose‚ but by the end of the story he rallies troops to help him fight. Beowulf‚ being the mighty warrior he is‚ hears about Grendel and sails to Hrothgar’s town to help defeat Grendel
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important to society. The storytellers would tell heroic tales‚ rich in detail‚ that echoed the reverberation of fame‚ which may be why they were so important. Their poems convey the Anglo-Saxon culture through references to religion‚ allusions to warrior society‚ and blatant reliance on a leader. Christianity became an important part of the Anglo-Saxon culture when Saint Augustine II converted King Ethelbert of Kent in 597 A.D. This pivotal moment led to other
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myself”. One excerpt from the maxim stating‚ “ War is father of all and king of all; and some he made gods and some men‚ some slaves and some free.”‚ shows a strong belief in warfare and accurately depicts the Mycenaean culture of the warrior class. This culture took great pride in their belief of war and strength in pillaging. They lived by the idea that to survive one must attack before being attacked. Just as in the saying by Herakleitos‚ “The name of the bow is life‚ but its work
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