also: しょうもつ
noun
Muromachi-period Zen lecture texts or annotations
Historical term for texts or annotations used in Zen lectures during the Muromachi period. Often refers to commentaries on Chinese classics or Buddhist scriptures.
抄物は、室町時代の禅宗の講義で使われたテキストです。
Shōmono are texts used in Zen lectures during the Muromachi period.
noun
extracting from or excerpting a classic
Rare, general sense of making excerpts or extracts from a classic text. The primary use is the historical Zen context.
古典からの抄物を作成する作業は、学問の基礎とされた。
The work of making excerpts from the classics was considered the foundation of scholarship.
From 抄 (shō, 'extract, excerpt') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The reading しょうもつ is a variant using the go-on reading of 物.