Daiten - Taiten

Japanese: 大典 - たいてん

〘noun〙① An important classic. Also, a voluminous record. [Book of the Later Han - Zheng Xuan's Biography] ② (also "Daiten") In the ritsuryo system, the title of the two highest ranking officials among the four chief scribes of Dazaifu. Officials equivalent to Shoshichi -no-jo. [Ryo Gikai (718)] ③ An important ceremony. A grand ceremony. A great cause. ※Inquiry from the Ministry of Education - June 7, 1872 (Meiji 5th year) (Complete Law Classification) "The great code of ritual and government has fallen into great decline." ④ An important legal code. An excellent law. A great law. [Furei Jiben (1868-72)] ※Kinseiki-bun (1875-81)〈Somezaki Nobufusa〉 vol. 11 "Rewards and punishments are the great codes of the world, and are not for me to decide alone." [Book of the Han - Subarashii-shi, Vol. 2]

Daiten [Great Encyclopedia]

A monk and Chinese scholar in the mid-Edo period. His Buddhist name was Kenjo, and his pen name was Baisho. His other names included Shochu and Touko. He was from Omi. He became an attendant to Dokuho Jishu at Jion-an in Shokoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, and studied Confucianism and poetry under Uno Meika . He was later recommended as the 113th abbot of Shokoku-ji Temple and one of the Five Mountain Scholars, and served as a Korean literary scholar. His works include "Kochojien" and "Hokuzen Iso." He lived from 1719 to 1801 (1719-1801 ).

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 重要な典籍。また、大部の記録。〔後漢書‐鄭玄伝論〕② (「だいてん」とも) 令制で、大宰府の主典(さかん)四人中の上位者二人の官名。正七位上相当官。〔令義解（718）〕③ 重大な儀式。盛典。大儀。※教部省伺‐明治五年（1872）六月七日（法規分類大全）「祭政の大典頽敗せること甚し」④ 重要な法典。すぐれた法律。大法。〔布令字弁（1868‐72）〕※近世紀聞（1875‐81）〈染崎延房〉一一「賞罰は天下の大典(タイテン)、朕一人の私すべきにあらず」〔漢書‐郊祀志下〕