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.
The expression '斧正を請う' is used when humbly requesting the correction of a piece of writing.
A literary term from Chinese 斧正, literally “axe correction,” likening the correction of writing to skilled cutting with an axe. It is also used deferentially when requesting another person’s revisions.