Record of the Great and Small Mind - Tandaishoshinroku

A collection of essays by Ueda Akinari. Published in 1808 (Bunka 5). This collection of essays, which Akinari freely wrote about his thoughts in his final years, consists of 163 short essays, and in addition to the original handwritten version, several other copies have been handed down. All of Akinari's inner concerns are written in simple colloquial language, including his opinions on waka and haiku poetry, academic research, impressions on national history, theories on Confucianism and Buddhism, critiques of his friends and acquaintances, autobiographical recollections, and even worldly observations. It is an essential resource for getting to know Akinari as a person. The title is taken from the words of Sun Simiao in the "Recluse" section of the "Book of Tang," "The courage desires to be great, the heart desires to be small (careful)."

[Hiroyasu Nakamura]

"The Collection of Classical Japanese Literature 56: The Works of Ueda Akinari" (1959, Iwanami Shoten) edited by Nakamura Yukihiko"

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上田秋成(あきなり)の随筆集。1808年（文化5）成立。秋成が最晩年の心事を自在につづった随筆集で、163条の短文からなり、自筆本のほか数種の写本が伝えられている。和歌・俳諧(はいかい)に関する意見や学問的考証、国史に対する感想や儒仏(じゅぶつ)の説、あるいは、知友についての批評や自伝的な回想、世俗の見聞に及ぶなど、内心の関心事のすべてが平易な口語で記されていて、秋成その人を知るうえで欠かせない資料である。題名は『唐書(とうじょ)』「隠逸(いんいつ)」の孫思邈(そんしばく)のことば「胆ハ大ナルヲ欲シ、心ハ小（細心）ナルヲ欲ス」からとられている。

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