Reading - Dokusho

Japanese: 読書 - どくしょ

〘 noun 〙 (formerly also called "tokusho")① To read a book. ※Shoreishu-5 (c. 835) In this passage, Tachibana student sent to his home country to enlighten him, " _{I cannot} read _{a single} book without studying _. " [Koji-Tamamo]② Since the Heian period, Chinese classics have been read outside the bath for seven days after the birth of a prince or nobleman's son during the birth bath ceremony. Doctors of Myokyo and Kiden take turns reading aloud auspicious passages from the "Book of Filial Piety," "Records of the Grand Historian," "Book of Rites," etc. A reading ceremony. ※Nishinomiya-ki (c. 969) 11 "On the 20th day of the seventh month of the first year of Encho, the Empress gave birth _to _two boys. _Two bathing implements were made by the Takumi- _ryo . For seven days, the doctors of Myokyo and Kiden read together."③ = A doctor of reading ※Gyokuyo-Nov 9, 1167 "Today, the bathing hall has begun. <omitted> After the bath, the patient retired."

Reading/writing [reading]

〘 noun 〙 Reading and writing letters and sentences. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period)] ※Storybook Seisui Sho (1628) 4 "There are people who spend their whole lives in wealth and honor without ever having the desire to read or write."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (古くは「とくしょ」とも)① 書物を読むこと。※性霊集‐五（835頃）為橘学生与本国使啓「不_レ足_二束脩読書之用_一」〔礼記‐玉藻〕② 平安時代以降、皇子または貴人の男児誕生後七日の間、産湯の儀に、湯殿の外で漢籍を読むこと。明経・紀伝の博士が交替で当たり、「孝経」「史記」「礼記」などのめでたい一節を読み上げること。読書の儀。※西宮記（969頃）一一「延長元年七月廿日、皇后産_二男児_一。内匠寮作_二御湯具_一。七日間明経・紀伝博士等相交読書」③ ＝どくしょ（読書）の博士※玉葉‐仁安二年（1167）一一月九日「今日、浴殿始也。〈略〉湯了、読書以下退帰」