[Editor's Recommendation] ★Surviving and not dying is the foundation of all great undertakings
★A magnificent historical novel: every page turned is an echo of machinations and human nature.
★A set of wisdom manuals that have been studied repeatedly in the business, political and academic circles of East Asia: "Whenever difficulties arise, think of how Tokugawa Ieyasu would handle them."
★Create strength with "endurance" and win the world with "power of failure": Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in troubled times and was not the chosen one. He spent 30 years of forbearance, struggle, life and death, survived, and established the 300-year foundation of the Edo shogunate.
★The sales volume of the Japanese version exceeded 63 million copies, the sales volume of the simplified Chinese version exceeded 2.6 Million copies, and the total sales of each version exceeded 400 million copies worldwide.
★Won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Award, the Hasegawa Shin Award, the Sino-Japanese Cultural Award, and the Noma Literary Translation Award
[Introduction] "Tokugawa Ieyasu" is a novel that the Japanese novelist Shohachi Yamaoka wrote over a period of 18 years. It represents the highest achievement of Japanese historical novels. The complete set of 13 volumes tells the story of the tortuous and legendary life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the "Millennium Figure" who rose up in the troubled times of the Warring States Period in Japan and ended the separatist rule and unified the world. It shows the magnificent historical scene of the middle and late Warring States Period when heroes emerged and heroes competed for victory. Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Shingen, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and other influential figures all appeared on the stage. They traveled across the world and fought fiercely. Every line and every page is full of strategy and deceit, as well as loyalty, service and nobility. They jointly interpret a historical legend that is intertwined with wisdom and confrontation, strategy and power, heaven and mystery.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in troubled times and was not the chosen one.
He spent 30 years of forbearance, struggle, life and death,
He has fought against almost all opponents including Takeda Shingen, Oda Nobunaga, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
He survived until the end and established the 300-year foundation of the Edo shogunate.
"Life is like carrying a heavy burden to reach a long distance, and you cannot get there quickly." [About the author] Yamaoka Shohachi (1907-1978)
Japanese historical novelist. The work is grand in scale and delicate and vivid in writing, representing the highest achievement of Japanese historical novels. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the Ruibao Medal for his outstanding achievements. His representative work "Tokugawa Ieyasu" took eighteen years to complete and won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Prize and the Hasegawa Shin Prize.
