Kyogenkigo - Kyogenkigo

Japanese: 狂言綺語 - きょうげんきご

It is also called "kyogenkigyo." It means false nonsense or needlessly embellished words, but is used to belittle waka poetry and stories. Playing with kyogen gamblers was considered to be breaking the precept of lying and going against the teachings of Buddhism, but on the other hand, the "Collection of Writings by Bai Juyi" states that "the mistakes of kyogen gamblers can be turned into causes for praising Buddha" (Collection of Writings by Bai Juyi of Kozanji Rakuchu), and from the Heian period onwards, the idea that waka poetry and stories could in fact lead to and aid Buddhist training was established. This way of thinking was prominent among Emperor Goshirakawa and Fujiwara no Shunzei, and proponents of the Agoin school also took this position.
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Japanese:

〈きょうげんきぎょ〉ともよむ。誤ったたわ言，むやみに飾り立てた言葉のことだが，和歌や物語などを卑しめていうのに用いる表現。狂言綺語をもてあそぶことは，妄語戒を破り，仏の教えに背くこととされていたが，一方《白氏文集》に〈狂言綺語の過ちを転じて……讃仏の因となさん〉（香山寺白氏洛中集記）とあったことから，平安時代以降，和歌や物語が逆に仏教の修行に繋がり，これを助けるとする考えが成立した。後白河天皇や藤原俊成などにこの考え方が顕著で，安居院流などの唱導などもこの立場に立っている。
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