緯い書しょ

noun

apocryphal Confucian text; book of omens

Refers to Chinese texts from the Han dynasty that interpreted the Confucian classics as containing prophecies and omens. A specialized historical term; not used in everyday Japanese.

• 緯い書しょは漢かん代だいに流りゅう行こうした予よ言げん書しょである。

  The isho were prophetic books popular during the Han dynasty.