Xu Jing

Japanese: 許靖 - きょせい
Xu Jing

…The original meaning of the word is the first day of each month. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Shao of Runan (Runan County, Henan Province) and his cousin Xu Jing would review the people in their township on the first day of each month, which was called the Yuedan Review, and so it means criticism of people. From the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a group of eunuchs monopolized the government, and Confucian scholar-officials criticized them. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Xu Jing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…語の本来の意味は,毎月の朔(ついたち)のこと。後漢末,汝南(河南省汝南県)の許劭が従兄の許靖と毎月朔に郷党の人物を品評,月旦評とよばれたことから人物批評を意味する。後漢中期より宦官一派が政権を壟断(ろうだん),儒家の士大夫から批判がおこった。…

※「許靖」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。

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