Pseudo-sutra (English spelling)

Japanese: 擬経 - ぎけい（英語表記）nǐ jīng

In China, the act of writing a work that imitates a classic text. Yang Xiong of the late Western Han Dynasty considered the Book of Changes to be the most important classic, and imitated the Book of Changes to create the Taixuanjing, and considered the Analects to be the most important text, and imitated the Analects to create the Fayan. Wang Tong of the Sui Dynasty wrote the Six Classics of Wang, including 25 volumes of the Treatise on Rites, 20 volumes of the Treatise on Music, 150 volumes of the Continued Book, 360 volumes of the Continued Poetry, 50 volumes of the Yuan Jing, and 70 volumes of the Psalms on Changes. These are the most famous of the pseudo-classics. Although the classics are supposed to be the works of sages that preach eternal and unchanging truths, some people, from the standpoint of Confucian orthodoxy, harshly criticize pseudo-classics, saying that they "do things without the facts."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，経書を摸擬して著作すること。前漢末の揚雄は経のうち最も尊ぶべきは《易経》であると考え，《易経》に摸擬して《太玄経》を作り，伝のうち最も尊ぶべきは《論語》であるとして，《論語》に摸擬して《法言》を作った。また隋の王通は《礼論》25篇，《楽論》20篇，《続書》150篇，《続詩》360篇，《元経》50篇，《賛易》70篇，いわゆる王氏の六経を著した。これらは擬経の最も著明なものである。経書は万古不易の真理を説く聖人の著作であるはずなのに，擬経は〈その実なくしてその事をなす〉として，儒家の正統主義に立って厳しく非難する者もある。

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