前ぜん哲てつ

noun

former sages; wise men of the past

A formal, somewhat literary term referring to great thinkers or virtuous individuals of earlier times. Often used in historical or philosophical contexts.

• 彼かれは前ぜん哲てつの教おしえを現げん代だいに生いかそうとしている。

  He is trying to apply the teachings of the ancient sages to the modern world.