清せい談だん

noun

Qingtan; pure conversation

Historical term for a Taoist-influenced intellectual movement in ancient China, centered on elegant, abstract discourse.

• 清せい談だんは魏ぎ晋しん南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だいの知ち識しき人じんの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした。

  Qingtan was popular among intellectuals during the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

refined speech; eloquent discourse

Describes noble, elegant, and articulate speech, often in a literary or formal context. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean engaging in such speech.

• 彼かれの清せい談だんにはいつも感かん心しんさせられる。

  I am always impressed by his refined speech.

• 文ぶん人じんたちが集あつまって清せい談だんする会かいが開ひらかれた。

  A gathering was held where literati came together to engage in elegant discourse.