…It refers to a natural talent that far exceeds the average. It also refers to a person who has such talent and shows unparalleled creativity in their field. As the corresponding English word genius and French word génie originally come from the Latin word genius, which meant a guardian deity or guardian spirit, it was believed in ancient times that such gods or spirits bestowed natural talent. The Chinese word 'genius' is also used as a word meaning 'talent given by heaven', and the example of Wang Bo, one of the four great poets of the early Tang Dynasty, who dominated the poetry world with his brilliant style of poetry, is well known (New Book of Tang). … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Toulouse, É." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…生まれながらに備わった,平均をはるかに超える傑出した才能のこと。またそのような才能を持ち,それぞれの分野で比類ない創造性を発揮する人をいう。これにあたる英語のgenius,フランス語のgénieが,もともと〈守護神〉や〈守護霊〉を指すラテン語ゲニウスgeniusに由来することからもわかるように,古くはこういう神や霊が天賦の才をさずけてくれるものと考えられた。〈天才〉という漢語もまさに,〈天から分かち与えられた(すぐれた)才能〉を意味する言葉として使われており,初唐四傑の一人として華麗な詩風で詩壇を圧した王勃の例がよく知られる(《新唐書》)。… ※「Toulouse,É.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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