Main text - Seibun

Japanese: 正文 - せいぶん

〘Noun〙① Formal characters. Standard font. ※Konjaku (around 1120) 25 "Inner and outer seals can be cast, and the correct text has been determined."② (From the meaning of formal writing) Classical Chinese. It is said that writing written in kana was considered unofficial until the Edo period. ※Essays, Kujakuro Notebooks (1768) 4 "It is called a correct text, and especially since it is written in seal characters, I cannot read or understand it at all."③ The main text of a document, as opposed to explanations or annotations. ※Doujimon (1707) 2 " _{There is no} two ways of doing things. In the Analects of Confucius and _Mencius , the correct text _{is a single} _principle . This is the ear of my family's laws."④ An official document written in a national language that has been decided as the official language between two or more countries. ※Patriots (1972)〈Fujieda Shizuo〉"It is clear that Russia recognized that our country had no official text."

Shou- monshau... [Main text]

〘noun〙 The original document. Refers to a formal document, as opposed to a draft, copy, or copy. The original. The authentic copy. ⇔Draft text. ※Gyokuyo - 12th January, 1185 (2nd year of the Genryaku era) "I often _have _dreams in which the monk sends me _a _note written in his own handwriting, and so _I can see the _original _text _as it _really is." ※Essays, Teijo Miscellany (around 1784) 9 "The original text refers to the original paper, the written text that is presented to the public."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 正式の文字。規準の字体。※今昔（1120頃か）二五「内印・外印可鋳き寸法㕝・正文定めつ」② (正式の文章の意から) 漢文。江戸時代まで、かな書きの文は非公式であるとされたところからいう。※随筆・孔雀楼筆記（1768）四「正文といひ、殊更篆字なれば、一向に読めず、解せず」③ 説明・注釈などに対して、文書の本文。※童子問（1707）下「吾無_二家法_一。就_二論語孟子正文_一理会。是吾家法耳」④ 二か国以上の間で公用語として決定された国語を使ってしるされた公文書。※愛国者たち（1972）〈藤枝静男〉「ロシヤはわが国に正文がないことを認めていたことは明白です」