破邪顕正

破邪顕正

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破	邪	顕	正
は Grade: 5	じゃ Grade: S	けん Grade: S	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
破邪顯正 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ʑa̠kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Idiom

破(は)邪(じゃ)顕(けん)正(しょう) • (hajakenshō) 

1. (Buddhism) To reveal heretical views and teachings, and to demonstrate the correct views, practices and teachings of Buddhism.[1][2][3]
2. Denying what is wrong, and showing the truth; destroying injustice and upholding righteousness.[4][3]

References

1. “破邪顕正”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN