also: ろくぎ
noun
six forms of the Shi Jing
Refers to the six classical categories of poems in the Chinese classic Shi Jing: three genres (folk songs, festal songs, hymns) and three rhetorical styles (narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison). A technical term in Chinese poetics.
六義は中国の詩経における詩の分類法である。
The six forms are a classification system for poems in the Chinese Shi Jing.
noun
six forms of waka
In Japanese poetics, the six styles of waka poetry: allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, and congratulatory. A specialized term in classical Japanese literature.
古今和歌集の序文には六義についての説明がある。
The preface of the Kokin Wakashū contains an explanation of the six forms of waka.
noun
six principles of calligraphy
A set of six fundamental principles or rules in East Asian calligraphy. The exact list may vary by tradition.
書道の六義には筆法や結構などの基本が含まれる。
The six principles of calligraphy include basics such as brush technique and character structure.
noun
six classes of kanji characters
Synonymous with 六書 (rikusho), the traditional six categories of Chinese characters (pictographs, ideographs, compound ideographs, phono-semantic compounds, derivative characters, and loan characters).
See also: 六書
六義は漢字の成り立ちを説明する六つの分類である。
The six classes are six categories that explain the origins of kanji characters.
六書 is the more common term for the six classes of kanji characters. 六義 is used synonymously in this sense but is less frequent.
From Chinese 六義 (liùyì), literally 'six meanings/principles'. The term was adopted into Japanese with the same kanji and adapted to various classical classification systems.