Additional information about 檄
說文解字: 【檄】， 〔唐寫本木部殘卷篆文作「【𣜥】」】，。〕 二尺書。 〔唐寫本木部殘卷「書」下有「也」。〕 从木、敫聲。 【胡狄切】
- Criteria
- DOCUMENT
1. The dominant general word for everything written is shū 書. (However, note that the word also refers specifically to a letter.)
2. Zhì 志 typically refers to a systematic coherent record.
3. Jì 記 refers to an ordered record designed to serve as an aide-memoire.
4. Jí 籍 refers to a formal and official record, typically a population register or a written official statute.
5. Zhuàn 傳 refers to an explanatory record, typically a record based on or commenting upon other written sources.
6. Lǎn 覽 refers to a comprehensive survey on a subject.
7. Xí 檄 refers to a written military command.
8. Sān chǐ 三尺 refers to the text of a law formally inscribed on large three-foot tablets.
9. Cè 冊／策 refers to a document, typically in the form of a bundle of bamboo strips.
NB: Xìn 信 "letter" is post-Han.
- LETTER
1. The general term for a letter is shū 書.
2. Dú 牘 refers to a letter, primarily one written on a wooden tablet, but came to be used to refer to letters in general.
3. Qǐ 啟, zhuàng 狀, zī 諮, zhá 札, yí 移, guān 關 all refer to bureaucratic correspondence concerning civil affairs.
8. Xí 檄 and lù bù 露布 refer to bureacratic correspondence concerning military matter.