いのちのことば社・全国家庭文書伝道協会（
2018年のNHK大河ドラマの主人公、西郷隆盛は、聖書を読み、人にも教えていたという証言が残っている。「敬天愛人」という言葉を大切にした、西郷の生涯を追った内容
著者・訳者など：守部喜雅
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Saigoh Takamori: Revere Heaven, Love Mankind Reality
(Saigoh Takamori: Kei Ten Ai Jin no Shinjitsu)
Yoshimasa Moribe
Saigoh Takamori read the Bible. In his memoirs, a servant of samurai warrior and educator Saigoh Takamori said Saigoh gave the Old Testament and New Testament to him. The Bible was in Chinese since there was no Japanese translation yet. Saigoh possibly got it from American missionary G. Verbeck who came to Nagasaki in 1859 and later visited Kagoshima with Bibles and other Christian books. Love your Enemy. In the Bible are the words of Jesus Christ, who said "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:44) This idea is contrary to any teaching Saigoh would have heard before. Yet after the Boshin War to restore the emperor to power, he advocated forgiving those who had fought against him. The Bible had influenced his thinking in this way. His teachings to the common people were compiled in a book, The Dying Instructions of Nanshu (which was his poetry pen name). His famous motto was "Revere Heaven, Love Mankind." We too need to worship the Creator God and love people. This is the most important thing for humans. Package of 50.
