儒じゅ官かん

noun

official Confucian teacher

Historical term for a government-appointed Confucian scholar or instructor, especially in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、儒じゅ官かんは幕ばく府ふや藩はんに仕つかえて儒じゅ学がくを教おしえた。

  In the Edo period, official Confucian teachers served the shogunate or domains and taught Confucianism.