Some companies - Kisha (English spelling) Jǐ shè

Japanese: 幾社 - きしゃ（英語表記）Jǐ shè

A literary society founded in the Huating Pavilion in Jiangsu by Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi and others in the late Ming Dynasty in China. Named after the phrase "to know many" in the Book of Changes, the society focused on academic studies and competing in writing. It was a rival to the Fusha, which had more than 100 members at its peak, but later merged with the Fusha. When the Ming Dynasty fell, Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi resisted the Qing and were killed, but Xu Fuyuan fled to faraway Taiwan and founded the Overseas Fusha. [Masakazu Fukumoto]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の明末，陳子竜や夏允彝（かいんい）などが，江蘇華亭に創設した文学結社。《易》の〈幾を知る〉という語から，幾社と名づけ，もっぱら学問を講じ文章を競った。当時の復社に対抗したもので，最盛時には100人をこえたが，のち復社に合流する。明が滅びると，清に抵抗して陳子竜と夏允彝も殉難したが，徐孚遠（じよふえん）は遠く台湾にのがれ，海外幾社を作った。【福本雅一】

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