宗そう法ほう

noun

regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

Historical term referring to a system of rules in traditional China that governed religious rites and social hierarchy, often associated with Confucian statecraft.

• 宗そう法ほうは、中ちゅう国ごく古こ代だいの祭さい祀しや社しゃ会かい秩ちつ序じょを定さだめた制せい度どである。

  Sōhō is a system that defined religious rites and social order in ancient China.