Jì men (English spelling)

Japanese: 稷門 - しょくもん（英語表記）Jì mén

The name of the city gate of Linzi, the capital of the Qi Dynasty, China. During the height of the Warring States period, King Wei and King Xuan, who loved learning, invited scholars to live in mansions near the Jimen Gate, provided them with large living expenses, and engaged in debates and writing. Their numbers ranged from several hundred to a thousand, and they were called Jiha scholars or Jiha teachers. Particularly famous during the Xuan King era were Zou Yan, Chunyu Zheng, Tian Bi, and Shen Dao. This tradition of favoring the learned continued until King Xiang (357-265 BC), forming the so-called Jiha learning, which became a major center of culture and scholarship during the Warring States period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，斉の都臨淄（りんし）の城門の名。戦国斉の盛時，学問を愛好した威王や宣王は学者を招き，稷門付近に邸宅を建てて住まわせ，多額の生活費を与えて論争や著述に従事させた。その数は数百人から1000人にものぼり，稷下の学士とか稷下先生とよばれた。宣王時代の鄒衍（すうえん），淳于髡（じゆんうこん），田駢（でんべん），慎到らはとくに有名である。斉のこのような学問優遇の伝統は襄王ごろまでつづき(前357‐前265)，いわゆる稷下の学を形成して戦国時代の文化学術の一大中心となった。

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