寓ぐう言げん

noun

allegory; fable

A literary genre or narrative technique where characters and events symbolically represent abstract ideas or moral lessons. Often used in discussions of classic literature, such as Aesop's fables or Chinese philosophical allegories.

• イソップの寓ぐう言げんは、動どう物ぶつを通とおして人じん生せいの教きょう訓くんを伝つたえる。