Arasuji the Analects (Rongo) to Soroban (Takarajimasha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Eiichi Shibusawa, the "father of Japanese capitalism," contributed to the founding and development of some 500 companies. Although the word "capitalism" may conjure up images of money-making and social inequality, Eiichi Shibusawa was an economist who believed that one should make a fortune for the good of society, and he contributed to about 600 educational and medical institutions as well as social and public works projects. He believed that only wealth based on benevolence and morality could endure. This book, which summarizes this philosophy, has recently come back into the limelight as a favorite of athletes. Now is the time to take a quick refresher on this classic with this book.

経済界で働くビジネスパーソンのバイブル『論語と算盤』。500社ほどの企業創立・発展に貢献し「日本資本主義の父」と称えられる渋沢栄一の名著です。資本主義と聞けば、金儲け、格差社会というあまり良くないイメージがあるかもしれませんが、渋沢は社会のために財をなすべきと考えた経済人で、約600もの教育機関、医療機関、社会公共事業にも尽力しました。仁義道徳にもとづいた富でなければ、永続しないと考えていたのです。この思想をまとめた同書は昨今、スポーツ選手も愛読しているとのことで再び脚光を浴びています。今こそこの古典を、本書でサクッと学び直してみましょう。