Some of bushido’s tenets, selected from Shintoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, are thousands of years old, so portions of its playbook seem antiquated. Yet the culture persevered for so astonishingly long because it provided a framework for handling every situation or ethical dilemma you might come across. Bushido’s dictates were crisp, coherent, and comprehensive. The samurai’s meticulous approach to building a 360-degree culture is extraordinarily applicable today.
