Father and Elders - Furo

Japanese: 父老 - ふろう

〘noun〙① An honorific for an old man. Old man. ※Family tradition (around 760), part ₂ : "Forgive _small things and make things _better . Carry on _leniency and accept the _people . Enter _into _Yan and respectfully visit _your _parents and elders. Make the common people _suffer ." [Records of the Grand Historian - Biography of Feng and _Tang ] ② An important elderly person in a village or township. In particular, in ancient China, this refers to a leader who played an important role in the self-government of a town or village. Elder. ※Excerpts from Records of the Grand Historian (1477), part 7: "The elders of Pei strongly requested." [Guanzi - Jianju Wu]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 年取った男子の敬称。老翁。※家伝（760頃）下「赦_二小過_一而演化、行_二寛政_一而容_レ衆、入_二于閭閻_一、敬訪_二父老_一、蠲_二百姓之所_一レ苦」〔史記‐馮唐伝〕② 一村一郷のおもだった老人。特に、古代中国で、指導者として、郷村の自治に重要な役割を果たした存在をいう。長老。※史記抄（1477）七「沛の父老がつよく請ほどに」〔管子‐軽重戊〕

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