斧ふ正せい

noun

correction; revision

Rare, literary term for correction or revision, often used humbly when asking someone to correct one's work. The image is of an axe cutting away errors. Modern equivalents include 添削 or 修正.

• 「斧ふ正せいを請こう」という表ひょう現げんは、文ぶん章しょうの添てん削さくをへりくだって依い頼らいするときに使つかわれる。

  The expression '斧正を請う' is used when humbly requesting the correction of a piece of writing.