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...Bushid, then, is the code of moral principles which the samurai were required or
instructed to observe.... More frequently it is a code unuttered and unwritten.... It
was an organic growth of decades and centuries of military career. In order to
become a samurai this code has to be mastered. He found in Bushido, the Way of
the Warrior, the sources of the eight virtues most admired by his
people: rectitude, courage,
benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control.
origin
Samurais are warriors of feudal Japan who served their lord with unswerving loyalty
and unquestioning obedience. They prized honor above all and were expected to
commit hara-kiri(suicide) if they fell into dishonour. (book)
After the Taika reforms of 646 CE That included land redistribution and heavy new
taxes, many small farmers had to sell their land and work as tenant farmers.
Meanwhile, a few large landholders amassed power and wealth, creating a feudal
system similar to medieval Europe's.
As in Europe, the new feudal lords needed warriors to defend their riches. Thus, the
samurai warrior (or "bushi") was born.(
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/warsinasia/p/SamuraiProfile.htm)