頌しょう

noun

praise; eulogy

Literary or classical term for praise, often in poetic or ceremonial contexts. Rare in modern everyday language.

• 古ふるい漢かん詩しには、君くん主しゅを頌しょうする言こと葉ばが多おおく見みられる。

  In old Chinese poems, words praising the ruler are often found.

noun

hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)

Specifically refers to the 'Hymns' section of the Chinese classic Shi Jing (Book of Songs). Used in discussions of classical Chinese literature.

See also: 六義

• 『詩し経きょう』の頌しょうは、宗そう廟びょうの祭さい祀しに用もちいられた歌うたである。

  The 'Hymns' of the Shi Jing are songs used in ancestral temple rituals.