Royal Law - Oubou

Japanese: 王法 - おうぼう

〘Noun〙 (later known as "ouhou") The correct path that a king should take. The laws and politics that a king implements. In Buddhism, it refers to the law of the rulers of the world, as opposed to the "Buddhist law" which is the law of the transcendental world. *Todaiji documents - April 13, July 1053, Tenki 1st year (1053), commented by residents of Akabe no Shoji in Mino Province, "If _{there is only} _one royal law, is there really _one Buddhist law _? Since the _law is flourishing, the royal law is at its peak." *Reader, Folk Tales of Lightning, cover page (1806), 3 "Where there is light, there is the royal law (waubof) , and where there is darkness, there are divine spirits." [Records of the Grand Historian - Praise of the Confucian Scholars]

Ou-hou Wauhafu [Royal Law]

〘Noun〙 ⇒ Oubou (royal law)

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (後世「おうほう」) 王のとるべき正しい道。国王の施す法令や政治。仏教では出世間の法としての「仏法」に対して、世間の支配者の法をいう。※東大寺文書‐四・一三・天喜元年（1053）七月日・美濃国茜部荘司住人等解「若無_二王法_一者、豈有_二仏法_一乎、仍興_レ法之故、王法最盛也」※読本・昔話稲妻表紙（1806）三「あきらかなる所には王法(ワウボフ)あり、くらき所には神霊あり」〔史記‐儒林伝賛〕