also: しょうもつ
Muromachi-period Zen lecture texts or annotations
Historical term for texts or annotations used in Zen lectures during the Muromachi period. Often refers to commentaries on Chinese classics or Buddhist scriptures.
extracting from or excerpting a classic
Rare, general sense of making excerpts or extracts from a classic text. The primary use is the historical Zen context.
Shōmono are texts used in Zen lectures during the Muromachi period.
The work of making excerpts from the classics was considered the foundation of scholarship.
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
Alternate reading, less common.
From 抄 (shō, 'extract, excerpt') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The reading しょうもつ is a variant using the go-on reading of 物.