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Lies of Buddha are upaya. Lies of samurais are strategy. And lies of farmers are something naïve.

— Akechi Mitsuhide Attributed

日向守明智云、仏のうそをば方便と云、武士のうそをば武略と云。土民百姓はかはゆきこと也と名言也。

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"Rojin zatsuwa" introduces the following words as Mitsuhide's. He said, "Lies of Buddha are upaya. Lies of samurais are strategy. And lies of farmers are something naïve." Some say that these words display his rationalism. | -->

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