also: ろくぎ
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.
The six forms are a classification system for poems in the Chinese Shi Jing.
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.
six principles of calligraphy
A set of six fundamental principles or rules in East Asian calligraphy. The exact list may vary by tradition.
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
The preface of the Kokin Wakashū contains an explanation of the six forms of waka.
The six principles of calligraphy include basics such as brush technique and character structure.
The six classes are six categories that explain the origins of kanji characters.
Standard kanji form. Reading りくぎ is more common than ろくぎ.
Alternate reading, less common. May be encountered in older texts.
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.