Abstract
Gakusoku was published in Kyōhō 12 (1727) as a separate volume under the title Sorai-sensei gakusoku. Sorai-sensei tōmonsho, too, was published in the same year. After Ogyū Sorai had constructed his own, original system of learning, which is known as “Sorai’s teachings” (Sorai-gaku), these two are the only books by his hand that were published before his death. Both are works that tell the main points of Sorai’s teachings, but the language in which they do so is greatly different.
“Responsals” (an unusual word in English) as the translation of Tōmonsho is taken over from the title of Samuel Yamashita’s translation of the same. (WJB)
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Characteristic of sōrōbun is that all sentences end with the auxiliary sōrō (a verb of politeness, literally meaning “to serve”), hence the name. (WJB)
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Bunkai zakki is a commonplace book (zuihitsu ), written by Yuasa Jōzan 湯浅常山 (1708–1781). The date of completion is not known. The book was not printed during the Edo Period, but to judge by the number of surviving manuscripts, it was hugely popular.
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See Hiraishi, “Sorai-sensei tōmonsho kō.”
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Takayama, D. (2019). Gakusoku 学則 (“School Rules”), Sorai-sensei tōmonsho 徂徠先生答問書 (“Master Sorai’s Responsals”). In: BOOT, W., TAKAYAMA, D. (eds) Tetsugaku Companion to Ogyu Sorai. Tetsugaku Companions to Japanese Philosophy, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15475-2_5
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