碩せき儒じゅ

noun

great Confucian scholar

A literary term for a highly esteemed Confucian scholar. Rare in modern usage; mainly encountered in historical or academic contexts.

• 彼かれは江え戸ど時じ代だいの碩せき儒じゅとして知しられている。

  He is known as a great Confucian scholar of the Edo period.