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Alongside Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings , it is one of the preeminent treatises on warfare in classical Japanese literature. Similar to Musashi's contemporary work, Munenori's has garnered appeal for its applicability beyond the warrior paradigm. The book is divided into three chapters.

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No Sword This Chapter of the book discusses things like how higher ground can give an advantage over your foes and how to use inclement weather to your advantage. There are several mentions of how uneven terrain can make all the difference in battle and how a simple thing like a loose stone can turn the table on your enemy.

Cleary's commentary on the text is printed in italic type. There is something said of old: "Weapons are instruments of ill omen; it is the Way of Nature to dislike them.

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To use them only when it is unavoidable is the Way of Nature. What does this saying mean? Bow and arrow, sword, halberd—these are called weapons; this saying means these are instruments of misfortune and ill omen. The reason that weapons are instruments of ill omen is that the Way of Nature is the Tao that gives life to beings, so to take to killing instead is indeed an instrumentality of ill omen.

Thus the saying has it that what contradicts the Way of Nature it dislikes. The old saying cited by the samurai here is paraphrased from the Taoist classic Tao Te Ching: "Fine weapons are instruments of ill omen; people may despise them, so those who have attained the Tao do not dwell with them Weapons, being instruments of ill omen, are not the tools of the cultured, who use them only when unavoidable.

Nevertheless, it also says that to use weapons to kill people when it is unavoidable is also the Way of Nature.