Do not let victory make you complacent.
— Tokugawa Ieyasu Early Modern

Unified Japan, Tokugawa shogunate

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Context

Precepts of Ieyasu (Jinkun-kun)

Date / Period

early 17th century

Category

Shocking

Source

https://www.tokugawa.org/history/tokugawa-ieyasu-precepts/

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