A man who wants neither life, nor fame, nor rank, nor money — such a man is the hardest to deal with.
命もいらず、名もいらず、官位も金もいらぬ人は、始末に困るものなり。この始末に困る人ならでは、艱難を共にして国家の大業は成し得られぬなり。
Military Strategists
Saigō Takamori
The charismatic giant who led Japan's Meiji Restoration through force of personality and moral authority (1828-1877). Saigo Takamori toppled the shogunate, built the new army, then rebelled against the very government he created — dying as the 'last samurai' in a final stand for a vanishing world.
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