Tranquility brings forth insight (neisei chien) [Kou Morisaki]
Mori Akira's Profile
Economist. Affiliated with a think tank (United States). Specialties include exchange rate policy, monetary policy, macroeconomic policy, and financial regulation. Interacts with market participants, financial authorities, and policymakers to analyze exchange rate trends from multiple perspectives.
※This article is a reprint and abridged edition of an article from FX Strategy.com, October 2020. Please note that the market information stated in the text may differ from current market conditions.
In July, a man in his 30s who attended a “corona party” in the United States was reported dead in nationwide news. A corona party is an event where a person infected with the novel coronavirus is said to have held the party to verify questions like, “Does the virus really exist?” and “Is human-to-human transmission real?” The man who attended this party left a final remark, “I was wrong. I thought it was a hoax. But it was true,” and passed away. Truly a ridiculous incident. It’s time to stop this nonsense for good!
Now, are you familiar with the four-character idiom “neisei chien” (宁静致远)? Its origin lies in a saying left by Zhuge Kongming, a strategist who appeared in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, to his young son on the battlefield. It means, “A gentleman cannot achieve great things unless he cultivates himself daily in a tranquil environment.” In times like these, what matters is to continue to strive sincerely and steadily toward distant goals until you reach them.
