Orinaka - Setchu

Japanese: 折中 - せっちゅう

The act of harmonizing two opposing claims, opinions, precedents, legal principles, etc. to arrive at a new conclusion. In ancient and medieval Japan, this was called orinaka or orinaka no ho, and was one of the distinctive logics used in the fields of law, politics, and ceremonies. In particular, in the court society from the Heian to Kamakura periods, when the gap between the real world and the Ritsuryo Code and precedents for various ceremonies grew, and when the law and precedents could not be denied in principle, it was often necessary to find some kind of harmony between the two.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

二つの相反する主張，意見，先例，法理などを調和させ，新たな結論を導き出すこと。日本の古代から中世にかけては，折中もしくは折中の法とよばれ，法，政治，行事などの分野で用いられた特色ある論理の一つであった。とくに平安から鎌倉にかけての公家社会では，律令や諸々の行事の先例などと現実社会の間の乖離（かいり）が増大し，しかも名分上は法や先例を否定しえない場合，両者の間になんらかの調和点を見いだす必要に迫られることが多かった。

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