頌古

Readings

Pinyin: sònggǔ

Wade-Giles: sung-ku

Hangul: 송고

Korean MC: songgo

Korean MR: songgo

Katakana: ジュコ

Hepburn: juko

tụng cổ

to attach one's own verse to an "ancient precedent"

• Verse commentary to an old case. Usually a classical gong-an, but sometimes to a famous scriptural passage; a practice of the Chan/Seon/Zen schools in East Asia. Commonly seen in the phrase 拈古頌古, which means to raise an ancient precedent, analyze its meaning, and offer one's own verse for deeper clarification of its message. 〔禪林寶訓 T 2022.48.1036b21〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi]
• [ddb] Juko A versified commentary on the kōan of an ancient Zen master. cf. Hekigan-roku. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 491

Bulgyo sajeon, 482a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 502d

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 407

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 150/167

Koga, 198

Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū), 609/603

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 301

Zen Dust (Sasaki), 348, 350, 356, 366

Zen Dust (Sasaki), 368, 379, 387, 432

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 642b

Foguang Dictionary, 5

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)2454c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 983-3

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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