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[ { "from": "human", "value": "for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model. I cannot write in detail how this is done. The principle of strategy is having one thing, to know ten thousand things. Things of Ichi school arc written in this the Water book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Third is the Fire book. This book is about fighting. The spirit of fire is fierce, whether the fire be small or big; and so it is with battles. The Way of battles is the same for man to man fights and for ten thousand a side battles. You must appreciate that spirit can become big or small. What is big is easy to perceive: what is small is difficult to perceive. In short, it is difficult for large numb<:rs of men to change position, so their movements can be easily predicted. An individual can easily change his mind, so his movements arc difficult to predict. You must appreciate this. The essence of this book is that you must train day and night in order to make quick decisions. In strategy it is necessary to treat training as a part of normal life with your spirit unchanging. Thus combat in battle is described in the Fire book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fourthly the Wind book. This book is not concerned with my Ichi school but with other schools of strategy. By Wind I mean old traditions, present-day traditions, and family traditions of strategy. Thus I clearly explain the strategies of the world. This is tradition. It is difficult to know yourself if you do not know others. To all Ways there arc side-tracks. If you study a Way daily, and your spirit diverges, you may think you are obeying a good Way but objectively it is not the true Way. If you arc following the true Way and diverge a little, this will later hecome a large divergence. You must realise this. Other strategies have come to be thought of as mere sword-fencing, and it is not unreasonable that this should be so. The benefit of my strategy, although it includes sword-fencing, lies in a separate principle. I have explained what is commonly meant by strategy in other schools in the Tradition (Wind) book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fifthly, the book of the Void. By Void I mean that which has no beginning" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "and no end. Attaining this principle means not attaining the principle. The Way of strategy is the Way of nature. When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally. All this is the Way of the Void. I intend to show how to follow the true Way according to nature in the book of the Void." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Name lchi Ryu Ni To (0111' -rbool-two swords)" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Warriors, both commanders and troopers, carry two swords27 at their belt. In olden times these were called the long sword and the sword; nowadays they are known as the sword and the companion sword. Let it suffice to say that in our land, whatever the reason, a warrior carries two swords at his belt.·, tis the Way of the warrior." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "\"Nita Ichi Ryu\" shows the advantage ofusing both swords." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The spear and the halberd28 are weapons which are carried out of doors." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Students of the lchi school Way of strategy should train from the start with the sword and long sword in either hand. This is a truth: when you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon yet undrawn." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you hold a sword with both hands, it is difficult to wield it freely to left and right, so my method is lO carry the sword in one hand. This does not apply to large weapons such as the spear or halberd, but swords and companion swords can be carried in one hand. It is encumbering to hold a sword in both hands when you are on horseback, when running on uneven roads, on swampy ground, muddy rice fields, stony ground, or in a crowd of people. To hold the long sword in both hands is not the true \\Vay, for if you carry a bow or spear or" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Two 5words: The samurai wore two swords thrust chrough the helt with the cutting edges upward on Lhe left side. The shorter, or companion, S\\..,·ord was carried at all times, and the longer sword \\vorn only out of doors. From time to time there \\\\'ere rules governing the style and length of S\\'l.'Ords. Samurai carried two swords bur other classes were allowed only one sword for protection against brigands on the roads between towns (see Translator's Introduction}. The samurai kept their short swords at their bedsides, and there were racks for long swords inside the vestibule of every samurai home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Spear and balberd, The techniques for spear and halberd fighting are the same as those of sword fighting. Spears were first popular in the Muromachi period, primarily as arms for the vast armies of common infantry, and later became objects of decoration for the processions of the daimyo to and from the capital in the Tokugawa period. The spear is used to cut and thrust, and is not thrown." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The halberd and similar weapons with long curved blades were especially effective" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "against cavalry, and came to be used hy women who might have to defend their homes jn" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "the absence of menfolk. The art is widely studied by women today." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "orhcr arms in your left hand you have only one hand free for the long sword. However, when it is difficult to cut an enemy down with one hand, you must use both hands. It is not difficult to wield a sword in one hand; the\\Vay to learn this is to tr.1in with two long swords, one in each hand. In, ll seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first. Hows are difficult to draw, halberds are difficult to wield; as you become accustomed to the bow so your pull will become stronger. When you become used to wielding the long sword, you will gain the power of the \\Vay and wield the sword well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "i\\s [ will explain in the second book. the Water Book, there is no fast way of wielding the long sword. The long sword should be wielded broadly, and the companion sword closely. This is the first thing to realise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "According to this Ichi school, you can win with a long weapon, and yet you can also win with a short weapon. In short, the Way of the Ichi school is the spirit of winning, whatever the weapon and whatever its size." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is better to use two swords rather than one when you are fighting a crowd, and especially if you want to take a prisoner." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "These things cannot be explained in detail. From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The lknefit of the Two Characters reading \"Strategy\"" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Masters of the long sword arc called strategists. As for the other military arts, those who master the bow arc called archers, those who master the spear are called spearmen, those who master the gun29 are called marksmen, those who master the halberd are called halberdiers. But we do not call masters of the Way of the long sword \"longswordsmcn\", nor do we speak of \"companion swordsmen\". Because bows, guns, spears and halberds are all warriors' equipment they are certainly part of strategy. To master the virtue of the long sword is to govern the world and oneself, thus the long sword is the basis of strategy. The principle is \"strategy by means of the long sword\". If he attains the virtue of the long sword, one man can beat ten men. Just as one man can" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The gun: The Japanese gun \\v-,1s matchl<H.:k, the form in which it was first introduced into the country by missionaries. The matchlock remained until the nineteenth century." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "beat ten, so a hundred men can beat a thousand, and a thousand can beat ten thousand In my strategy. one mar} is the same as ten thousand, so this strategy is the complete warrior's craft." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Way of the warrior docs not include other Ways, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, certain traditions, artistic accomplishments and dancing. 30 But even though these are not part of the \\Vay, if you know the Way broadly you will see it in everything. J\\len must polish their particular Way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Benefit of Weapons in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is a time and a place for use of weapons." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The best use of the companion sword is in a confined space, or when you are engaged closely with an opponent. The long sword can be used effectively in all situations." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "take the initiati,·e; the halberd is defensive. In the hands of one of two men of egual ability, the spear gives a little extra strength. Spear and halberd both have their uses, but neither is very beneficial in confined spaces. They cannot be used for taking a prisoner. They are essentially weapons for the field." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Anyway, if you learn \"induor\"31 technigues, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly from among the spearmen. However, it is unsatisfactory in sieges, or when the enemy is more than forty yards away. For this reason there are nowadays few traditional schools of archery. There is little use nowadays for this kind of skill." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "f)ancing: There are various kinds of dancing. There are festival dances, such as the harvest dance, which incorporate local characteristics and are very colourful, sometimes involv ing many people. There is Noh theatre, which is i:.·nactcd by a few performers using stylited dance-like mo\\'ements. There arc also dances of fan and dances of sword." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Judoor tecbniques: Dojos were mostl}' indoors whL-rc a great deal of formality and ritual was obs.ervc<l. safe from the prying eyes of rival schools." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "One of the virtues of the bow is that you can see the arrows in flight and correct your aim accordingly, whereas gunshot cannot be seen. You must appreciate the importance of this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just as a horse must have endurance and no defects, so it is with weapons. Horses should walk strongly, and swords and companion swords should cut strongly. Spears and halberds must stand up to heavy use: bows and guns must be sturdy. Weapons should be hardy rather than decorative." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well. You should not copy others, but use weapons which you can handle properly. It is bad for commanders and troopers to have likes and dislikes. These are things you must learn thoroughly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Timing in strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tht're is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Timing is important in dancing and pipe or string music, for they are in rhythm only if timing is good. Timing and rhythm are also involved in the military arts, shooting bows and guns, and riding horses. In all skills and abilities there is timing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is also timing in the Void." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. In strategy there are various timing considerations. From the outset you must know the applicable timing and the inapplicable timing, and from among the large and small things and the fast and slow timings find the relevant timing, first seeing the distance timing and the background timing. This is the main thing in strategy. It is especially important to know the background timing, otherwise your strategy will become uncertain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "You win in battles with the timing in the Void born of the timing of cunning by knowing the enemies' timing, and thus using a timing which the enemy do , not expect." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "All the five books are chielly concerned with timing. You must train sufficiently to appreciate all this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you practise day and night in rhc above !chi school strategy, your spirit will naturally broaden. Thus is large scale strategy and the strategy of hand to hand combat propagated in the world. This is recorded for the first time in the five books of Ground, Water, Fire, Tradition (\\Vind), and Void. This is the Way for men who want to learn my srratC'gy:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do north ink dishonestly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "TheWayisintraining." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Become aquainted with every art." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Know the Ways of all professions." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perceive those things which cannot be seen." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pay attention even to trifles." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do nothing which is of no use." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is important to start by setting thc c broad principles in your reart, and train in the Way of strategy. If you do not look ar things on a large scale it will be difficult for you to master strategy. If you learn and attain this strategy you will never lose even to twenty or thirty enemies. More than anything to start with you must set your heart on strategy and earnestly stick to the Way. You will come to be able to actually beat men in fights, and to be able to win with your eye. Also by training you will be able to freely control your own body, conquer men with your body, and with sufficient training you will be able to bear ten men with your spirit. When you have reached this point, will ir not mean that you are invincible?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Moreover, in large scale strategy the superior man will manage many subordinates dexrrously, bear himself correctly, govern the country and foster rhc people, thus preserving the ruler's discipline. If there is a Way involving the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "spirit of nor being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of strategy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The second year of Shoho (1645), the fifth month, the rwelfth day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "TeruoMagonojo32\tSHINM EN MUSASHI" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "TcTlw \\lagonojo The pupil, sometimes callc<l Teruo Nobu>•uk1, 10 whom Musa,;;hi" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "addressed Go Rin VoSbo." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE WATER BOOK" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "lhe spirit of the Ni Ten lchi school of strategy is based on water, and this Water Book explains methods of victory as the long-sword form of the lchi school. Language does not extend to explaining the \\Vay in detail. but it can be grasped intuitively. Study this book; read a word then ponder on it. If you interpret the meaning loosely you will mistake the Way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The principles of strategy are written down here in terms of single combat, but you must think broadly so that you attain an understanding for ten thousand-a-side battles." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Strategy is different from oth..:r things in that if you mistake the Way even a little you will become bewildered and fall into bad ways." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you merely read this book you will not reach the Way of strategy. Absorb the things written in this book. Oo not just read, memorise or imitate, but so that you realise the principle from within your own heart study hard to absorb these things into your body." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Spiritual Bearing in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. Even when your spirit is calm do not let your body relax, and when your body is relaxed do not let your spirit slacken. Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is \\\\eak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Small people must be completely familiar with the spirit of large people, and large people must be familiar with rhc spirit of small people. Whatever your siz-:, do not be misled by the reactions of your own body. With your spirit open and unconsrricted, look ar things from a high point ofriew. You must cultivate your wisdom and spirit. Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the Ways of different arts one by one. When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The wisdom of strategy is different from other things. On rhe battlefield, even when you are hard-pressed, you should ceaselessly research the principles of strategy so that you can develop a steady spirit." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stance in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Adopt a stance with the head erect, neither hanging down, nor looking up, nor twisted. Your forehead and the space uetween your eyes should not be wrinkled. Do not roll your eyes nor allow them to blink, bur slightly narrow them. With your features composed, keep the line of your nose straight with a feeling of slightly flaring your nostrils. I lold the line of the rear of the neck straight: instil vigour into your hairline, and in the same way from the shoulders down through your entire body. Lower both shoulders and, without the buttocks jutting out, put strength into your legs from the knees ro the rips of your toes. Brace your abdomen so that you do nor bend ar rhc hips. Wedge your companion sword in your belt against your abdomen, so that your belt is not slack-this is called \"wedging in\"." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance. You must research this well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Gaze in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The gaze should be large and broad. This is the twofold gaze \"Perception and Sight\". Perception is strong and sight weak." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "take a distanced view of close things. It is important in strategy to know the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "cncm\\·'s sword and nor to be distracted by insignificant mo\\'cments of his sword. You must stud}' this. The gaze is the same for single combat and for large-scale str,ttegy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "1t is necessary in strategy to be able to look to both sides without moving the eyeballs. You cannot master this ability quickly. Learn what is written here; use this gaze in e\\'cryday life and do not vary it whatever happens." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Holding the Long Sword" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Grip the long sword with a rather floating feeling in your thumb and forefinger, with the middle finger neither tight nor slack, and with the last two fingers tight. It is bad to have pla}' in your hands." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "When }'OU take up a sword, you must feel intent on cutting the enemy. J\\s you cut an enemy you must not change }'OUr grip, and your hands must not \"cower\". When you dash the cnem}'°s sword aside, or ward it off, or force it down, you must slightly change the feeling in your thumb and forefinger. Above all, you must be intent on cutting the enemy in the way you grip the sword." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The grip for combat and for sword-testing-'3 is the same. There is no such" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "thing as a \"man-cutting grip\"." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Generally, I dislike fixedness in both long swords and hands. Fixedness means a dead hand. Pliabilit}' is a li\\'ing hand. You must bear this in mind." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Footwork.14" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "With the tips of }'Our roes somewhat floating, tread firmly with your heels." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sword lt'\\Jmg. S\\\\,-ords were tested by highly specialised professional testers. Theword woulJ be fitted into a spn:ial mounting and te-\"'t cuts made on bodie!,, hundlcsofstraw, armour, _..,beets of metal, etc. Somt:t1mcs. appraisal marks of a sword test mg inscribed on the tangs of old blaJes arc found." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "34- Fo!Jtwurk Different methods of moving are used in different schools. Yin·Yang-, or \"In-Yo\" in Japanese, is female-male, Jark-light, right-left. J\\\\usashi advocates this \"level mind\" kind of walking, ah hough he is emphatic about the significance of these para· meters-issues of right and left foot arise in the Wind book of Gu Rin \\JoSho. Old JUJIC u schools advocate making the first attack with thl· left side forward." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whether you move fast or slow, with large or small steps, your feet must always move as in normal walking. I dislike the three walking methods known as \"jumping-foot\", \"floating-foot\" and \"fixed-steps\"." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "So-called \"Yin-Yang foot\" is important in the Way. Yin-Yang foot means not moving only one foot. It means moving your feet left-right and right-left when cutting, withdrawing, or warding off a cut. You should not move one foot preferentially." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Five Attitudes" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The five attitudes are: Upper, Middle, Lower, Right Side, and Left Side. These arc the five. Although attitude has these five divisions, the one purpose of all of them is to cut the enemy. There are none but these five attitudes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whatever attitude you arc in, do not be conscious of making the attitude; think only of cutting." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your attitude should be large or small according to the situation. Upper, Lower and Middle attitudes are decisive. Left Side and Right Side attitudes arc fluid. Left and Right attitudes should be used if there is an obstruction overhead or to one side. The decision to use Left or Right depends on the place. The essence of the Way is this. To understand attitude you must thoroughly understand the Middle attitude. The Middle attitude is the heart of attitudes. If we look at strategy on a broad scale, the Middle attitude is the seat of the commander, with the other four attitudes following the commander. You must" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "appreciate this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]
[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Way of the Long Sword" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model. I cannot write in detail how this is done. The principle of strategy is having one thing, to know ten thousand things. Things of Ichi school arc written in this the Water book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Third is the Fire book. This book is about fighting. The spirit of fire is fierce, whether the fire be small or big; and so it is with battles. The Way of battles is the same for man to man fights and for ten thousand a side battles. You must appreciate that spirit can become big or small. What is big is easy to perceive: what is small is difficult to perceive. In short, it is difficult for large numb<:rs of men to change position, so their movements can be easily predicted. An individual can easily change his mind, so his movements arc difficult to predict. You must appreciate this. The essence of this book is that you must train day and night in order to make quick decisions. In strategy it is necessary to treat training as a part of normal life with your spirit unchanging. Thus combat in battle is described in the Fire book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fourthly the Wind book. This book is not concerned with my Ichi school but with other schools of strategy. By Wind I mean old traditions, present-day traditions, and family traditions of strategy. Thus I clearly explain the strategies of the world. This is tradition. It is difficult to know yourself if you do not know others. To all Ways there arc side-tracks. If you study a Way daily, and your spirit diverges, you may think you are obeying a good Way but objectively it is not the true Way. If you arc following the true Way and diverge a little, this will later hecome a large divergence. You must realise this. Other strategies have come to be thought of as mere sword-fencing, and it is not unreasonable that this should be so. The benefit of my strategy, although it includes sword-fencing, lies in a separate principle. I have explained what is commonly meant by strategy in other schools in the Tradition (Wind) book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fifthly, the book of the Void. By Void I mean that which has no beginning" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "and no end. Attaining this principle means not attaining the principle. The Way of strategy is the Way of nature. When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally. All this is the Way of the Void. I intend to show how to follow the true Way according to nature in the book of the Void." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Name lchi Ryu Ni To (0111' -rbool-two swords)" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Warriors, both commanders and troopers, carry two swords27 at their belt. In olden times these were called the long sword and the sword; nowadays they are known as the sword and the companion sword. Let it suffice to say that in our land, whatever the reason, a warrior carries two swords at his belt.·, tis the Way of the warrior." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "\"Nita Ichi Ryu\" shows the advantage ofusing both swords." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The spear and the halberd28 are weapons which are carried out of doors." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Students of the lchi school Way of strategy should train from the start with the sword and long sword in either hand. This is a truth: when you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon yet undrawn." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you hold a sword with both hands, it is difficult to wield it freely to left and right, so my method is lO carry the sword in one hand. This does not apply to large weapons such as the spear or halberd, but swords and companion swords can be carried in one hand. It is encumbering to hold a sword in both hands when you are on horseback, when running on uneven roads, on swampy ground, muddy rice fields, stony ground, or in a crowd of people. To hold the long sword in both hands is not the true \\Vay, for if you carry a bow or spear or" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Two 5words: The samurai wore two swords thrust chrough the helt with the cutting edges upward on Lhe left side. The shorter, or companion, S\\..,·ord was carried at all times, and the longer sword \\vorn only out of doors. From time to time there \\\\'ere rules governing the style and length of S\\'l.'Ords. Samurai carried two swords bur other classes were allowed only one sword for protection against brigands on the roads between towns (see Translator's Introduction}. The samurai kept their short swords at their bedsides, and there were racks for long swords inside the vestibule of every samurai home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Spear and balberd, The techniques for spear and halberd fighting are the same as those of sword fighting. Spears were first popular in the Muromachi period, primarily as arms for the vast armies of common infantry, and later became objects of decoration for the processions of the daimyo to and from the capital in the Tokugawa period. The spear is used to cut and thrust, and is not thrown." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The halberd and similar weapons with long curved blades were especially effective" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "against cavalry, and came to be used hy women who might have to defend their homes jn" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "the absence of menfolk. The art is widely studied by women today." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "orhcr arms in your left hand you have only one hand free for the long sword. However, when it is difficult to cut an enemy down with one hand, you must use both hands. It is not difficult to wield a sword in one hand; the\\Vay to learn this is to tr.1in with two long swords, one in each hand. In, ll seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first. Hows are difficult to draw, halberds are difficult to wield; as you become accustomed to the bow so your pull will become stronger. When you become used to wielding the long sword, you will gain the power of the \\Vay and wield the sword well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "i\\s [ will explain in the second book. the Water Book, there is no fast way of wielding the long sword. The long sword should be wielded broadly, and the companion sword closely. This is the first thing to realise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "According to this Ichi school, you can win with a long weapon, and yet you can also win with a short weapon. In short, the Way of the Ichi school is the spirit of winning, whatever the weapon and whatever its size." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is better to use two swords rather than one when you are fighting a crowd, and especially if you want to take a prisoner." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "These things cannot be explained in detail. From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The lknefit of the Two Characters reading \"Strategy\"" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Masters of the long sword arc called strategists. As for the other military arts, those who master the bow arc called archers, those who master the spear are called spearmen, those who master the gun29 are called marksmen, those who master the halberd are called halberdiers. But we do not call masters of the Way of the long sword \"longswordsmcn\", nor do we speak of \"companion swordsmen\". Because bows, guns, spears and halberds are all warriors' equipment they are certainly part of strategy. To master the virtue of the long sword is to govern the world and oneself, thus the long sword is the basis of strategy. The principle is \"strategy by means of the long sword\". If he attains the virtue of the long sword, one man can beat ten men. Just as one man can" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The gun: The Japanese gun \\v-,1s matchl<H.:k, the form in which it was first introduced into the country by missionaries. The matchlock remained until the nineteenth century." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "beat ten, so a hundred men can beat a thousand, and a thousand can beat ten thousand In my strategy. one mar} is the same as ten thousand, so this strategy is the complete warrior's craft." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Way of the warrior docs not include other Ways, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, certain traditions, artistic accomplishments and dancing. 30 But even though these are not part of the \\Vay, if you know the Way broadly you will see it in everything. J\\len must polish their particular Way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Benefit of Weapons in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is a time and a place for use of weapons." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The best use of the companion sword is in a confined space, or when you are engaged closely with an opponent. The long sword can be used effectively in all situations." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "take the initiati,·e; the halberd is defensive. In the hands of one of two men of egual ability, the spear gives a little extra strength. Spear and halberd both have their uses, but neither is very beneficial in confined spaces. They cannot be used for taking a prisoner. They are essentially weapons for the field." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Anyway, if you learn \"induor\"31 technigues, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly from among the spearmen. However, it is unsatisfactory in sieges, or when the enemy is more than forty yards away. For this reason there are nowadays few traditional schools of archery. There is little use nowadays for this kind of skill." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "f)ancing: There are various kinds of dancing. There are festival dances, such as the harvest dance, which incorporate local characteristics and are very colourful, sometimes involv ing many people. There is Noh theatre, which is i:.·nactcd by a few performers using stylited dance-like mo\\'ements. There arc also dances of fan and dances of sword." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Judoor tecbniques: Dojos were mostl}' indoors whL-rc a great deal of formality and ritual was obs.ervc<l. safe from the prying eyes of rival schools." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "One of the virtues of the bow is that you can see the arrows in flight and correct your aim accordingly, whereas gunshot cannot be seen. You must appreciate the importance of this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Just as a horse must have endurance and no defects, so it is with weapons. Horses should walk strongly, and swords and companion swords should cut strongly. Spears and halberds must stand up to heavy use: bows and guns must be sturdy. Weapons should be hardy rather than decorative." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well. You should not copy others, but use weapons which you can handle properly. It is bad for commanders and troopers to have likes and dislikes. These are things you must learn thoroughly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Timing in strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tht're is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Timing is important in dancing and pipe or string music, for they are in rhythm only if timing is good. Timing and rhythm are also involved in the military arts, shooting bows and guns, and riding horses. In all skills and abilities there is timing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is also timing in the Void." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. In strategy there are various timing considerations. From the outset you must know the applicable timing and the inapplicable timing, and from among the large and small things and the fast and slow timings find the relevant timing, first seeing the distance timing and the background timing. This is the main thing in strategy. It is especially important to know the background timing, otherwise your strategy will become uncertain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "You win in battles with the timing in the Void born of the timing of cunning by knowing the enemies' timing, and thus using a timing which the enemy do , not expect." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "All the five books are chielly concerned with timing. You must train sufficiently to appreciate all this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you practise day and night in rhc above !chi school strategy, your spirit will naturally broaden. Thus is large scale strategy and the strategy of hand to hand combat propagated in the world. This is recorded for the first time in the five books of Ground, Water, Fire, Tradition (\\Vind), and Void. This is the Way for men who want to learn my srratC'gy:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do north ink dishonestly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TheWayisintraining." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Become aquainted with every art." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Know the Ways of all professions." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perceive those things which cannot be seen." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pay attention even to trifles." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do nothing which is of no use." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is important to start by setting thc c broad principles in your reart, and train in the Way of strategy. If you do not look ar things on a large scale it will be difficult for you to master strategy. If you learn and attain this strategy you will never lose even to twenty or thirty enemies. More than anything to start with you must set your heart on strategy and earnestly stick to the Way. You will come to be able to actually beat men in fights, and to be able to win with your eye. Also by training you will be able to freely control your own body, conquer men with your body, and with sufficient training you will be able to bear ten men with your spirit. When you have reached this point, will ir not mean that you are invincible?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Moreover, in large scale strategy the superior man will manage many subordinates dexrrously, bear himself correctly, govern the country and foster rhc people, thus preserving the ruler's discipline. If there is a Way involving the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "spirit of nor being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of strategy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The second year of Shoho (1645), the fifth month, the rwelfth day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TeruoMagonojo32\tSHINM EN MUSASHI" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "TcTlw \\lagonojo The pupil, sometimes callc<l Teruo Nobu>•uk1, 10 whom Musa,;;hi" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "addressed Go Rin VoSbo." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE WATER BOOK" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "lhe spirit of the Ni Ten lchi school of strategy is based on water, and this Water Book explains methods of victory as the long-sword form of the lchi school. Language does not extend to explaining the \\Vay in detail. but it can be grasped intuitively. Study this book; read a word then ponder on it. If you interpret the meaning loosely you will mistake the Way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The principles of strategy are written down here in terms of single combat, but you must think broadly so that you attain an understanding for ten thousand-a-side battles." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Strategy is different from oth..:r things in that if you mistake the Way even a little you will become bewildered and fall into bad ways." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you merely read this book you will not reach the Way of strategy. Absorb the things written in this book. Oo not just read, memorise or imitate, but so that you realise the principle from within your own heart study hard to absorb these things into your body." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Spiritual Bearing in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. Even when your spirit is calm do not let your body relax, and when your body is relaxed do not let your spirit slacken. Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is \\\\eak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Small people must be completely familiar with the spirit of large people, and large people must be familiar with rhc spirit of small people. Whatever your siz-:, do not be misled by the reactions of your own body. With your spirit open and unconsrricted, look ar things from a high point ofriew. You must cultivate your wisdom and spirit. Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the Ways of different arts one by one. When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The wisdom of strategy is different from other things. On rhe battlefield, even when you are hard-pressed, you should ceaselessly research the principles of strategy so that you can develop a steady spirit." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stance in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Adopt a stance with the head erect, neither hanging down, nor looking up, nor twisted. Your forehead and the space uetween your eyes should not be wrinkled. Do not roll your eyes nor allow them to blink, bur slightly narrow them. With your features composed, keep the line of your nose straight with a feeling of slightly flaring your nostrils. I lold the line of the rear of the neck straight: instil vigour into your hairline, and in the same way from the shoulders down through your entire body. Lower both shoulders and, without the buttocks jutting out, put strength into your legs from the knees ro the rips of your toes. Brace your abdomen so that you do nor bend ar rhc hips. Wedge your companion sword in your belt against your abdomen, so that your belt is not slack-this is called \"wedging in\"." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance. You must research this well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Gaze in Strategy" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The gaze should be large and broad. This is the twofold gaze \"Perception and Sight\". Perception is strong and sight weak." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "take a distanced view of close things. It is important in strategy to know the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "cncm\\·'s sword and nor to be distracted by insignificant mo\\'cments of his sword. You must stud}' this. The gaze is the same for single combat and for large-scale str,ttegy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "1t is necessary in strategy to be able to look to both sides without moving the eyeballs. You cannot master this ability quickly. Learn what is written here; use this gaze in e\\'cryday life and do not vary it whatever happens." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Holding the Long Sword" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Grip the long sword with a rather floating feeling in your thumb and forefinger, with the middle finger neither tight nor slack, and with the last two fingers tight. It is bad to have pla}' in your hands." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "When }'OU take up a sword, you must feel intent on cutting the enemy. J\\s you cut an enemy you must not change }'OUr grip, and your hands must not \"cower\". When you dash the cnem}'°s sword aside, or ward it off, or force it down, you must slightly change the feeling in your thumb and forefinger. Above all, you must be intent on cutting the enemy in the way you grip the sword." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The grip for combat and for sword-testing-'3 is the same. There is no such" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "thing as a \"man-cutting grip\"." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Generally, I dislike fixedness in both long swords and hands. Fixedness means a dead hand. Pliabilit}' is a li\\'ing hand. You must bear this in mind." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Footwork.14" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "With the tips of }'Our roes somewhat floating, tread firmly with your heels." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sword lt'\\Jmg. S\\\\,-ords were tested by highly specialised professional testers. Theword woulJ be fitted into a spn:ial mounting and te-\"'t cuts made on bodie!,, hundlcsofstraw, armour, _..,beets of metal, etc. Somt:t1mcs. appraisal marks of a sword test mg inscribed on the tangs of old blaJes arc found." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "34- Fo!Jtwurk Different methods of moving are used in different schools. Yin·Yang-, or \"In-Yo\" in Japanese, is female-male, Jark-light, right-left. J\\\\usashi advocates this \"level mind\" kind of walking, ah hough he is emphatic about the significance of these para· meters-issues of right and left foot arise in the Wind book of Gu Rin \\JoSho. Old JUJIC u schools advocate making the first attack with thl· left side forward." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whether you move fast or slow, with large or small steps, your feet must always move as in normal walking. I dislike the three walking methods known as \"jumping-foot\", \"floating-foot\" and \"fixed-steps\"." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "So-called \"Yin-Yang foot\" is important in the Way. Yin-Yang foot means not moving only one foot. It means moving your feet left-right and right-left when cutting, withdrawing, or warding off a cut. You should not move one foot preferentially." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Five Attitudes" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The five attitudes are: Upper, Middle, Lower, Right Side, and Left Side. These arc the five. Although attitude has these five divisions, the one purpose of all of them is to cut the enemy. There are none but these five attitudes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whatever attitude you arc in, do not be conscious of making the attitude; think only of cutting." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your attitude should be large or small according to the situation. Upper, Lower and Middle attitudes are decisive. Left Side and Right Side attitudes arc fluid. Left and Right attitudes should be used if there is an obstruction overhead or to one side. The decision to use Left or Right depends on the place. The essence of the Way is this. To understand attitude you must thoroughly understand the Middle attitude. The Middle attitude is the heart of attitudes. If we look at strategy on a broad scale, the Middle attitude is the seat of the commander, with the other four attitudes following the commander. You must" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "appreciate this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Way of the Long Sword" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" } ]