Fukuzawa Yukichi 福沢諭吉

educator · Meiji Japan · 1835–1901

Born the son of a low-ranking samurai, he went to the West three times and founded Keio Gijuku.

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1872

"Heaven does not make one person above another, nor one person below another," it is said.

天は人の上に人を造らず人の下に人を造らずと言えり。

An Encouragement of Learning (Gakumon no susume), the opening