Tang Yin Comparison - Tang Yin

A court case tale from the Song Dynasty in China. Based on the earlier "Gigoshu" by He Ning and his son He, Kei Ban'ei combined Zheng Ke's "Setsugokikan" to compile excellent examples of criminal investigation and judgments from ancient times to serve as a reference for those in charge of prisons. Similar cases are paired together (comparisons), and the title is a four-character rhyming word, following the example of "Mongyu." There are 144 articles in total. Tangyin was named after Zhou Bo, who traveled to the southern regions and held impromptu trials in the shade of the Gantang tree. Published in 1211. In the Ming dynasty, the majority of the texts were reprinted by Wu Nu, but the original work by Katsura was brought to Japan through a Korean edition, and in the early Edo period, it had a great influence on Edo court documents through translations such as the Japanese edition with kunten annotations by Hayashi Razan and the "Tang Yin Hiko Monogatari." Representative examples of this include "Itakura Seiyo," which depicts the trial of the father and son Itakura Katsushige and Shigemune, Kyoto Shoshidai, "Honcho Sakurain Hiko" by Ihara Saikaku, which attacked this, as well as "Honcho Fujiin Hiko," "Aoto Fujitsuna Moryoan" and "Ooka Seidan" by Kyokutei Bakin.

[Hidetaka Otsuka]

"The Tale of Tang Yin, translated by Shinji Komada (included in the Chinese Classical Literature Series 39, Heibonsha, 1969)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、宋(そう)代の裁判物語。桂万栄(けいばんえい)が先行する和凝(かぎょう)・和(かもう)父子の『疑獄集』をもとに、鄭克(ていこく)の『折獄亀鑑(せつごくきかん)』を交え、古今の優れた犯罪捜査、判決の事例を集め、刑獄をつかさどる者の参考にしようとしたもの。類似する事件を並べて一対とし（比事）、『蒙求(もうぎゅう)』に倣って四字の韻語をもって題とした。全144条。棠陰とは、周の召伯(しょうはく)が南国に巡行し、甘棠(かんとう)の木陰で臨時に裁判を執り行ったことにちなむ命名である。1211年の刊行。明(みん)代に入ってはもっぱら呉訥(ごとつ)による刪節(さんせつ)本が行われたが、日本には朝鮮版によって桂氏の原著がもたらされ、江戸初期、林羅山(はやしらざん)が訓点を施した和刻本や『棠陰比事物語』といった翻訳を通し、江戸裁判物に大きな影響を与えた。京都所司代の板倉勝重(いたくらかつしげ)・重宗(しげむね)父子による裁判の形式をとる『板倉政要』、これを襲った井原西鶴(さいかく)の『本朝桜陰比事』、さらには『本朝藤陰比事』、曲亭馬琴(ばきん)の『青砥藤綱模稜案(あおとふじつなもりょうあん)』、『大岡政談』などがその代表的なものとしてあげられる。

［大塚秀高］

『駒田信二訳『棠陰比事』（『中国古典文学大系39』所収・1969・平凡社）』

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