Toshoko-Goikun
Toshoko-Goikun The life of a person is just like going through a long way carrying a heavy duty. Never rush to your goal. You will not be unhappy if you think it is usual to be insufficient. Remember the time when you were poor if you desire something now. Think as your anger is your enemy. Patience is the key foundation of your safety that will last long. If you alway win but never lose, then something bad will happen to you. Blame yourself but not others. If you can not reach something, it will still be better than exceeding too much. (/Doing something insufficiently is better than doing something too much.) 東照公御遺訓 "人の一生は重荷を負うて遠き道を行くがごとし。急ぐべからず。不自由を常と思えば不足なし。こころに望みおこらば困窮したる時を思い出すべし。堪忍は無事長久の基、いかりは敵と思え。勝つ事ばかり知りて、負くること知らざれば害その身にいたる。おのれを責めて人をせむるな。及ばざるは過ぎたるよりまされり。" 東照公御遺訓 (とうしょうこうごいくん) : Toshoko-Goikun, The Word of Tokugawa Ieyasu 御 (ご) : This kanji is often added to a name when you respect it. 遺訓 (いくん) : the word left by someone who has already passed awa