抄しょう物もの

noun

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.

• 抄しょう物ものは、室むろ町まち時じ代だいの禅ぜん宗しゅうの講こう義ぎで使つかわれたテキストです。

  Shōmono are texts used in Zen lectures during the Muromachi period.

noun

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.

• 古こ典てんからの抄しょう物ものを作さく成せいする作さ業ぎょうは、学がく問もんの基き礎そとされた。

  The work of making excerpts from the classics was considered the foundation of scholarship.