41 ture. Enryō’s use of this name suggests he was attempting to encap-sulate in poetry the spirit of a forceful and energetic will to action. On the other hand, Enryō also wrote a series of poems showing his love for his father and mother back home. To take a solitary journey, I departed home for the first time. of warning, “Remain steadfastly diligent and frugal.” an official position, but I still have my elderly parents back home to worry about me. Here Enryō expresses how he had his parents thinking of him, but on the other hand, he also expresses his own aspiration to be a leader in moving forward with the times. Ten years of studying these stuffy old books have gone past. Ten years wasted studying the sages of ancient times. Now I see there is no benefit to studying dead things of the past. It is time to try and see the living history of the changing world. In this poem Enryō shows that he is moving away from the textual analysis of sages and wise people of the past and starting to mold himself into a challenger who is useful in a time of modernization. Convinced that philosophy was the right tool, Enryō would later publish Epitome of Philosophy, the first history of Western philosophy to be written by a Japanese person, and An Evening of Philosophical How many days must my parents have spent worrying about me on my trip? Letters from home are inscribed with the words Despite having studied for several years, I am still yet to take up
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