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In the famous Chinese classic "The Analects," there is a story like this. A man named Zigong asked his teacher what politics was. The teacher said, "To have enough food, to have enough military power, and to give credit to the people. To have enough food, to have enough military power, and to have the people trust you.
The Tzu-kung asked, "What is politics? If you have to give up any of these three things for unavoidable reasons, which one should you give up first? If you have to give up any of the three for unavoidable reasons, which one should you give up first?
The teacher said, "First of all, give up the military. If, for some unavoidable reason, we must give up one of the other two, which shall we give up first? The teacher said. The teacher said, "Give up food. From ancient times, all men are destined to die, but if the people do not have faith in the nation, the nation will not be established.
It is said that Eiichi Shibuya was influenced by these words in his management and political activities. The trust, military, and food in this story are very similar to what is represented by the three sacred treasures that have been handed down from generation to generation in the Emperor's family even today. According to the Kojiki, Amaterasu gave Hononinigi a mirror, a sword, and a jeweled object when he took control of the earth. These are the three sacred objects.
The mirror, sword, and amulet are symbols of religion, war, and agriculture, respectively. The sword is of course a symbol of war since it is used in battle. According to the Kojiki, Amaterasu gave the mirror to Hononinigi, saying, "Handle this mirror carefully so that you may worship it in my presence as my spirit (mittama). In other words, the mirror was Amaterasu's own tamashiro, and was directly related to religion. The balls were also given to Amaterasu when she was ordered by Izanagi to rule Takamihara, and their name is Mikuratana. The word "tana" refers to the seed of rice, and is a symbol of agriculture. The symbols of each of the three sacred objects, religion, war, and agriculture, represent almost the same things as trust, military affairs, and food in the Analects of Confucius.
A similar lore of the three sacred vessels is also found in the lore of the Scythians. The three sacred vessels of the Scythians are the cup, the axe, and the plow, symbols of religion (i.e., kingship), military affairs, and food production, respectively. Thus, the idea that the basis of politics is religion, war, and agriculture appears in various myths and anecdotes. So it seems to me that these three are still important in politics.
