March 16th

I see, so I was talking to a general.

"Kingdom" has many lines that make you think. The true value of words that should be savored more than the famous lines of the day lies not in catchphrases, but in casual scenes.

Source: "Kingdom", Shin

<<Synopsis>>

Shin, a servant in the state of Qin, helps the prince reclaim his throne to fulfill his and Hyou's dream. Joined by Karyo Ten, whom they met during their escape, Ei Sei and the others enlist the help of the Mountain King to form an alliance and carry out the operation to retake the throne.

Entering the royal capital of Kanyou, Shin and his group fight as a guerrilla unit against the soldiers of the prince's faction in the corridors and the palace, winning a fierce battle. Thus, Ei Sei and the Mountain King suppressed the palace rebellion.

Having quelled the palace rebellion, Shin is rewarded with wealth and a house for his status as a servant and officially becomes a citizen of Qin.

Then, he responds to an infantry recruitment notice posted in his village and heads to his first battlefield. Heki, who fought with him in the battle to reclaim the throne, is also on the battlefield.

Although Shin and his group fight on the first battlefield, the infantry unit is forced into a difficult struggle. In the midst of this, Great General Duke Hyou sends a cavalry unit as reinforcements to Shin's battlefield.

While Heki's cavalry unit supports the infantry, the thousand-man commander Baku Koshin decides to throw the successful Shin and his group into even greater danger.
Riding on horseback, Shin and his group finally reach the Wei army's main camp on the hill.

Baku Koshin dies in a mutual kill with the Wei general Kyuugen, and Shin and his group capture the hill in the battle that follows the deaths of both generals. At that moment, Shin is addressed by the strange bird, General Ouki, who has intervened, and is taught about war and generals.

<<Commentary>>

❤️How to utilize imagination

Everyone possesses imagination equally. It is independent of gender, species, or age. How you utilize that imagination changes your way of life.

An ordinary salaryman or a rank-and-file employee cannot suddenly do the work of a company president. It is extremely difficult for a second-rate person or lower to embody and adapt a first-rate idea to reality.

Shin, who had been listening to General Ouki on the hills of Dakkan Plains, began to look at himself. He realized that the imagination of the Great General under the Heavens he had painted from his position as a servant was different from the literal reality of the Great General under the Heavens.

To know what you know and to know what you do not know is knowledge. Confucius teaches this.

Wang Yangming teaches the unity of knowledge and action. How do you utilize the imagination you have dreamed of? It is by forging your own path and creating your own form.

The path is unknown, yet one must have the resolve to know what one does not know and to acknowledge one's own immaturity.
Imagination without action is nothing more than a delusion.

❤️A match on the day is different from practice. Even so, without practice, you cannot reach the results. The same is true for imagination.

It was precisely because Shin repeatedly trained his sword strikes and survived life-or-death battles that he was able to encounter General Ouki's words.

Imagination born from the heart—such as desire, passion, moderation, and courtesy—helps people grow significantly, from the individual level to the organizational level.

Even so, imagination remains within the realm of the heart and consciousness; to bring it to fruition in the real world, one must take action and embody it.

By making the effort to act, you hone the imagination of your wishes until they match reality. Just as one crafts a raw log into a work of art that anyone can admire.

A tournament swing is different from a practice swing. As they say in the world of golf, the principles of every path are the same.