{"id":5953,"date":"2016-05-23T20:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T01:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/?p=5953"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:49:34","slug":"the-wisdom-and-wisecracks-of-inca-pachacutec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2016\/the-wisdom-and-wisecracks-of-inca-pachacutec\/5953\/","title":{"rendered":"The wisdom and wisecracks of Inca Pachacutec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before your Cusco tour, here&#8217;s a&nbsp;quick quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pachecutec_groucho_churchill.jpg\" alt=\"9th Inca Pachecutec, cracking wise with the best of them:\" class=\"wp-image-5970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pachecutec_groucho_churchill.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pachecutec_groucho_churchill-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who said this?<br>&#8220;Drunkenness, rage, and madness are similar, but the first two are voluntary and transformable, the third permanent.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">A. Inca Pachacutec<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">B. Groucho Marx<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">C. Winston Churchill<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ok, so the title of the post is a dead giveaway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are indeed many timeless, clever and apt sayings attributed to Pachacutec, the Inca Empire&#8217;s greatest ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s not all&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will see, his image is everywhere, cast in bronze and carved in stone around&nbsp;the Inca capital city of Cusco, throughout &nbsp;the Sacred Valley and in Aguas Calientes, the bustling town below <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/cusco-info\/cusco-machu-picchu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the incredible ruins of Machu Picchu<\/a>. His&nbsp;name meant &#8220;He Who Changes the World.&#8221; And that&#8217;s precisely what he is credited with doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2016\/the-wisdom-and-wisecracks-of-inca-pachacutec\/5953\/pachacuti-statue-in-cusco-main-square\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12117\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pachacuti-statue-in-cusco-main-square-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The sun glints off the golden colored statue of Inca Pachacutec in Cusco's main plaza\" class=\"wp-image-12117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pachacuti-statue-in-cusco-main-square-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pachacuti-statue-in-cusco-main-square.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s the real story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was the 9th Inca, born when his people were still a regional tribe. When he was a young man, his brothers fled when faced with an assault by rival Chanca warriors from the north, but he stood his ground and defeated them. He tamed Cusco&#8217;s rivers into masterful stone channels, redefined his people&#8217;s religion and built <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2013\/a-history-travel-must-tour-cuscos-koricancha-sun-temple\/6423\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the Sun Temple of Coricancha<\/a>, Sacsayhuaman and the citadel of Machu Picchu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pachacutec laid the groundwork for a century-long expansion that united South American cultures along the spine of the Andes from modern day Ecuador and Colombia to Chile and Argentina. His vast network of Inca highways and storehouses rivaled that of the Roman Empire in scope and complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The empire fell when his great grandson, Inca Atahualpa, underestimated Francisco Pizarro and his band of Spanish Conquistadors. Perhaps things would have turned out differently if Atahualpa had paid a little more attention to his great grandfather&#8217;s teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#d9edf7\">You Might Also Like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/peru-packages\/11-days-in-peru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Planning a trip for 11 days in Peru (opens in a new tab)\">Planning a trip for 11 days in Peru<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aphorisms and Laws of Inca Pachacutec<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/perutraveltrendspodcast\/peruvian-travel-trends-podcast\/e\/the-story-of-the-planetarium-cusco-40565234\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/podcast-rss.png\" alt=\"podcast-rss\" class=\"wp-image-2379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/podcast-rss.png 362w, https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/podcast-rss-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/perutraveltrendspodcast\/peruvian-travel-trends-podcast\/e\/40565234\">Podcast: The&nbsp; Planetarium Cusco. Listen to the story of one Cusco family\u2019s mission to reveal the Inca Cosmo-vision to the world<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;He who envies the good draws evil from them for himself, just as the spider draws poison from flowers.\u201d\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;El que tiene envidia de los buenos saca de ellos mal para s\u00ad, como hace la ara\u00f1a en sacar de las flores ponzo\u00f1a\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The noble and courageous man is known by his patience in adversity. Impatience is a sign of a vulgar and low mind, badly taught and worse trained.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;El var\u00f3n noble y animoso es conocido por la paciencia que muestra en las adversidades. La impaciencia es se\u00f1al de \u00e1nimo vil y bajo, mal ense\u00f1ado y peor acostumbrado\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;Governors should mind two things with great attention: first, they and their subjects should observe and fulfill the emperor&#8217;s laws perfectly; second, they should consider with great vigilance and care the common and particular resources of their province.&#8221;<\/span><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Los gobernadores deben advertir y mirar dos cosas con mucha atenci\u00f3n. La primera, que ellos y sus s\u00fabditos guarden y cumplan perfectamente las leyes de sus Reyes. La segunda, que se aconsejen con mucha vigilancia y cuidado para las comodidades comunes y particulares de su provincia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One who cannot govern his house and family will be much less competent to govern a state, and should not be given power over others.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;El indio que no sabe gobernar su casa y familia, menos sabr\u00e1 gobernar la rep\u00fablica; este tal no debe ser preferido a otros\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The physician or herbalist who is ignorant of the virtues of herbs, or who knows the virtues of some but does not seek to know the virtues of all, knows little or nothing. He must work until he knows them all, whether useful or injurious, in order to deserve the title he claims.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;El m\u00e9dico o herbolario que ignora las virtudes de las yerbas, o que sabiendo las de algunas no procura saber las de todas, sabe poco o nada. Convi\u00e9nele trabajar hasta conocerlas todas, as\u00ad las provechosas como las da\u00f1osas, para merecer el nombre que pretende\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/guaman_poma_quipu_reader.jpg\" alt=\"Reader of the quipu. Chronicler Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, El Primer Nueva Cor\u00f3nica y Buen Gobierno, completed in 1615\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He who seeks to count the stars before knowing how to count the sums and knots of the (quipu) ledgers deserves derision.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;El que procura contar las estrellas, no sabiendo a\u00fan contar los tantos y nudos de las cuentas, digno es de risa\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Adulterers who ravage the reputation and quality of others and take away the peace and quiet of others must be declared as thieves, and therefore be sentenced to death, without any remission.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Los ad\u00falteros que afean la fama y la calidad ajena y quitan la paz y la quietud a otros deben ser declarados por ladrones, y por ende condenados a muerte, sin remisi\u00f3n alguna\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the rub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The providence of Pachacutec&#8217;s treasure trove of aphorisms is sketchy, at best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were published by the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega&nbsp;in the &#8220;Royal Commentaries of the Incas&#8221; in 1609 \u2014 138 years after Pachacutec&#8217;s death.&nbsp; Garcilaso de la Vega was the son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca <em>\u00f1usta, <\/em>or princess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known in his day as &#8220;El Inca,&#8221; Garcilaso resided in Cusco for the \u00ef\u00ac\u0081rst twenty years of his life before emigrating in 1560 to Spain, where he was accepted as a preeminent authority on Inca history and customs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as with many of the chroniclers, his depiction of Inca life eventually came to be viewed more as utopian propaganda than historical fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It doesn&#8217;t help that Garcilaso attributed many of Pachacutec&#8217;s passages to another mestizo chronicler, Father Blas Valera, whose work was largely destroyed in the English attack on Cadiz in 1596.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, for third-degree, historical hearsay, many of the Pachacutec sayings stand the test of time. Others, not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are these Inca Sayings still used in Cusco today?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors to Cusco hoping to hear the ancient aphorisms of Inca Pachacutec in daily conversation may be disappointed. These timeless phrases, while celebrated in historical chronicles and tourism<br>narratives, are not commonly spoken by locals in their modern routines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, they exist as a fascinating glimpse into the wisdom and values of the Inca civilization, often shared by guides and enthusiasts during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/peru-packages\/cusco-luxury-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cultural tours around Cusco and the surrounding regions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having said that, <strong>learning just a couple of the phrases mentioned above can add an engaging element to your travels through Cusco and the Sacred Valley<\/strong>. Your tour guide is likely to recognize<br>some of these expressions, especially those versed in Cusco\u2019s rich history. While locals might not be familiar with these sayings, attempting to share them could lead to intriguing conversations, offering<br>a unique opportunity to connect and learn about contemporary Andean culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get the most out of your trip to Cusco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learning a few Inca wisecracks is a fun and engaging way to connect with the rich culture of Cusco. <strong>But to fully enjoy your adventure, it&#8217;s essential to be prepared for the practicalities<\/strong>. Evenings can get<br>quite cool, so pack extra layers and a coat, and don\u2019t forget sunscreen for the warmer daytime hours. To adjust to the altitude, consider stopping at intermediate destinations like Arequipa before arriving<br>in Cusco \u2014 especially if you\u2019re coming directly from Lima, which sits at sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are still wondering how to plan your trip to Cusco, then you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/peru-packages\/peru-itinerary-14-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">check out our 100% customizable Peru tour<\/a> which offers a luxurious yet culturally-immersive experience. Not only will you have one of<br>our knowledgeable, expert tour guides lead you around Peru, you&#8217;ll also get to choose how you spend each day. 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