Uesugi Kenshin

thumb|Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death. Uesugi Kenshin 上杉 謙信 (18 February 1530 – 19 April 1578) was a samurai warlord who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku Period of Japan. Quotes Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death. Quoted in Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro; Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture (1970); p. 188 Cited in http://www.samurai-archives.com/wisdom.html Wisdom from Early Japan The Samurai Archives 2006-11-07 Cited in Storry Richard October 11, 1979 Cult of the Sword The New York Review of Books 26 15 ISSN 0028-7504 http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=7675 2006-11-07 (Review of several books on the samurai of Japan.) Alternative: "Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live." External links Category:1530 births Category:1578 deaths Category:Military leaders from Japan