Inshi (worship) - Inshi

Japanese: 淫祠(祀) - いんし
Inshi (worship) - Inshi

...a folk belief or religion that was deemed by the state or the rulers to have an anti-establishment tendency. Inshi is also called inshi, which is a similar term to heresy and the left path. In China, during the Qin and Han dynasties, the state organized folk rituals and established a ritual ceremony with the rite of worshiping heaven at its apex.

From the shrine

…The state did not leave these countless shrines alone, but established the “ritual code” (an official document on gods and shrines recognized by the state) to manage them. Those not listed in the code were considered to be obscene shrines (evil cults), and were sometimes destroyed by zealous local officials as they deviated from Confucian ideals of ritual. When Di Renjie of the Tang Dynasty inspected the Wu-Chu region, he decided that as many as 1,700 shrines were obscene and demolished them all, leaving only four shrines dedicated to Yu, Wu Taibo, Ji Zhao, and Wu Yuan (Zixu). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Inshi (worship)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…国家権力ないし支配者によって,反体制的な傾向を持つとみなされた民間信仰,宗教のこと。淫祠はまた,淫祀ともいい,異端,左道と類似した言い方である。中国では,秦・漢時代において国家によって民間の祭祀が整理され,祭天の儀礼を頂点とする祭祀の典礼が整備された。…

【廟】より

…国家はこうした無数の祠廟を野放しにしていたわけではなく,〈祀典(してん)〉(国家公認の神と祠廟に関する公的文書)を定めてその管理をはかった。この祀典に記載されていないものが淫祠(いんし)(淫祠邪教)であり,儒教的祭祀理念から逸脱するものとして,熱心な地方官によって破壊されることもあった。唐の狄仁桀(てきじんけつ)は呉・楚地方を視察した際,禹,呉太伯,季札(きさつ),伍員(ごうん)(子胥(ししよ))をまつる四祠だけ残し,1700にものぼる祠廟を淫祠と決めつけことごとく取りこわした。…

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