Ode - Shou

Japanese: 頌 - しょう

〘Noun〙① One of the six meanings in the Book of Songs, one of the content classifications along with Wind and Elegance. A court song that praises the ruler's virtue and addresses it to the ancestors and gods. It is divided into three parts: Song of Zhou, Song of Shang, and Song of Lu. ※Kojin (905-914), Mana Preface: "Poetry has _{two six} _meanings . One is called Wind, the other is called Fu, (abbreviated) and the other six are called Song." [Large Preface to the Book of Songs]② Words that praise the virtue of a person or the beauty of an object. Also, poetry that contains such words. Ode. ※Sasamegoto (around 1463-64), Vol. 1, "Ode: The Heart of Songs" ※Haikai, Basho's Manjiki Kaishi (Ode to Onsen) (1689), "Ode to Onsen"③ A song with lyrics praising the Triune God in Christianity. ※Improvisational Poet (1901)〈translated by Mori Ogai〉Vegetarian Days・Jiraku「Miserere, mei, domine, have mercy on me, O Lord, from the phrase, hence the name of the Fiftyth Canticle」④ ⇒Ju (Cantticle)

Ju [Ode]

〘Noun〙① Buddhist term. In China, it generally refers to songs, poems, hymns, etc. in verse style, but in the narrow sense it refers to a verse in verse style in a sutra, and in the broad sense it refers to a passage of 32 characters, regardless of whether it is prose or verse. → Verse. ※Eika (around 1028-92) Tsuru no Hayashi "The legend of the impermanence of all things is known only from the verses of the Nirvana Sutra." ② ⇒ Shou (Poem)

Zu [Ode]

〘Noun〙 Buddhist term. It refers to songs, poems, and verses in a rhyming style, generally consisting of four lines, found in the Chinese translation of the sutra. ju. → ge. ※Makura (end of the 10th century) 120 "I recited the excerpts of the sutra without any accompaniment, and recited the verses of the Abhidharma -shas and the like . "

shou-suru [praise]

〘Tasahen〙 sho・su 〘Tasahen〙 To praise the merits of gods and Buddhas, or the achievements of people, by writing or speaking. To praise. jusu. ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) vol. 11 "The voices praising the virtues of the emperor were so clear and filled my ears. "

Shou-su [Ode]

〘Other changes〙 ⇒ shosuru (praise)

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① 「詩経」の六義(りくぎ)の一つで、風、雅とともに内容上の分類の一つ。君主の盛徳をほめ、祖先神に告げる宮廷歌。周頌・商頌・魯頌の三つに分かれる。※古今（905‐914）真名序「和歌有_二六義_一。一曰風、二曰賦〈略〉六曰頌」〔詩経大序〕② 人の徳や物の美などをほめたたえることば。また、そのことばを入れた詩歌。頌詞。※ささめごと（1463‐64頃）上「頌いはひ歌の心」※俳諧・芭蕉真蹟懐紙（温泉頌）（1689）「温泉頌」③ キリスト教で三位一体の神に対する讚美の歌詞をもつ歌。※即興詩人（1901）〈森鴎外訳〉精進日・寺楽「ミゼレエレ、メイ、ドミネ、憐を我に垂れよ、主よの句に取りたるにて、第五十頌の名なり」④ ⇒じゅ（頌）