A knight, cowboy, and a samurai were not just fighters, but also warriors that followed an unwritten code of conduct. A samurai a japanese warrior that is described in many tales their code of chivalry. The origin of the “The Tales of the Heike” was believed to be written down by priests as a collection of stories. The text is a reflection of the conflict between two clans the Genji and the Heike. The Heike clan holds all the power at the beginning but by the final blow the Genji clan defeats the Heike clan. The story not only show the struggle between the two clans, but also represents the code of Bushido that samurai’s followed in life. The text “The Tales of the Heike” gives examples of Samurai that abides to “The Bushido Code: The Eight Virtues of the Samurai.” Four of those virtues practiced in the text are rectitude, benevolence, loyalty, courage.
Rectitude deciding one’s way of conduct without wavering like choosing to fight or dying. A …show more content…
The death of the Heike commanding general Taira showed the compassion and pity of the warriors within that battle. Rokuyata has just killed Taira but he does not know his opponents name yet until he finds a slip of paper with a poem written by his opponent Taira. Upon knowing his opponents name he places Taira’s head on the tip of his sword and declares that he has killed the governor of Satsuma Taira. Once hearing that Taira was killed both the Taira and Genji warriors show their pity for the commanding general (1301). The warriors on both sides showed their benevolence when hearing of the death of Taia. Kumagae has just killed Atsumori and as he presents his trophies from battle, when the warriors see the flute from Atsumori they all weeped at the sight (1302). Warriors within the text reflected the virtue of compassion, pity or benevolence for deaths of men who in their eyes were warriors just like them following their