Bruce Lee, Innovator?
D.T. Suzuki wrote his book Zen and Japanese Culture in 1959
TKDTutor: Since Lee was about 19 years of age in 1959 and unpublished, it is doubtful that Suzuki used any of his writings. The following are some comparisons between some of Suzuki's quoted statements from Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s 1716 book Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, and some of Lee’s writings.
Suzuki's quote from Tsunetomo:
Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe the technique as though not observing.
In his 1975 book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Lee wrote:
Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.
Suzuki's quote from Tsunetomo:
I am moving all day and not moving at all. I am like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking.
In his 1975 book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Lee wrote:
I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking.
Suzuki's quote from Tsunetomo:
Let yourself go with the disease, be with it, keep company with it: this is the way to get rid of it.
In his 1975 book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Lee wrote:
Let yourself go with the disease, be with it, keep company with it- this is the way to be rid of it.