節たかし先せん生せい

expression

successive teacher; successive master

Refers to a teacher or master who follows or succeeds another, often in a lineage or tradition. The expression is somewhat literary or historical.

• 彼かれは先せん代だいの節たかし先せん生せいとして、多おおくの弟で子しを育そだてた。

  He, as the successive master of the previous generation, trained many disciples.