DECREE  天子詔詔

PUBLIC COMMAND ISSUED by the RULER OR by HIGH AUTHORITY.
ORDEREDICTCOMMANDCOMMANDMENTMANDATEPROCLAMATIONDICTUMFIATLAWBYLAWSTATUTEACTFORMAL ORDINANCEJUDGMENTVERDICTADJUDICATIONRULINGRESOLUTIONDECISION
Hypernym
  • COMMANDADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT.
    • ADDRESSSPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT. 
      • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
See also
  • MEMORIALPUBLIC LETTER ADDRESSED to a RULER.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for an edict or decree is zhào 詔.

    2. Mìng 命 (later often replaced by lìng 令 ) refers to any published royal or imperial order, or order of the day. See COMMAND and FATE

    3. Zhì 制 is a Qin technical term for a published imperial decision.

    4. Cè 策 is a Han edict appointing a king or feudal lord and investing him with a piece of territory.

    5. Chì 敕 is a Han edict concerning local affairs to be distibuted in the provinces.

    6. Jiè 戒 refers to a formal announcement from the Son of Heaven, typically in the form of a general warning.

    7. Diǎn 典 is an archaic word referring to edicts by the Son of Heaven.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    聖旨 is the current modern word for an imperial decree.

    旨 is a current colloquial word referring to an imperial decree.

    詔 is a current literary term for an edict.

    諭旨 is a literary expression for an imperial decree.

    旨意 is a literary word for a decree or elevated order.

    詔書 focusses on the physical object in the form of an inscription.

    鳳詔 is a flowery expression for an imperial decree.

    絲綸 is a periphrastic expression for an imperial decree.

    綸音 refers to an imperial edict as read out.

    丹書 is a periphrastic way of referring to an imperial edict as a "vermillion document".

    冊命 refers specifically to an edict conferring an office or honour on a recipient.

    上諭 refers in a bureaucratic way to an imperial edict.

    聖諭 refers in a polite but popular way to an imperial edict.

    大命 refers in a polite periphrastic way to an imperial edict.

    誥命 refers to an imperial edict in an archaising obsolescent fashion.

    敕 is an obsolete highly literary word for an edict or imperial command.

    誥 is an ancient literary term for an imperial public pronouncement.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      詔  zhào OC: kljews MC: tɕiɛu 6 AttributionsWD

      The current general word for an edict or decree is zhào 詔.

        Syntactic words
      • nabtextdecree; imperial announcement
      • vadVby decree
      • viact(of the emperor or king) issue a formal order or decree
      • vt+V[0]imperial order or edict to V
      命  mìng OC: mɢreŋs MC: mɣaŋ 4 AttributionsWD

      Mìng 命 (later often replaced by lìng 令) refers to any published royal or imperial order, or order of the day. See also COMMAND

        Word relations
      • Result: 天/GOD Tiān 天 refers to the - often personified or semi-personified - God of Heaven.
      • Result: 文/PATTERN The general word for a pattern is wén 文.
      • Result: 天/HEAVEN
      • Epithet: 天/GOD Tiān 天 refers to the - often personified or semi-personified - God of Heaven.

        Syntactic words
      • nabmetaphysicalmandate (from Heaven etc)
      • vtoNdecree as fate, mandate
      敕  chì OC: rʰɯɡ MC: ʈhɨk 3 AttributionsWD

      Chì 敕 is a Han edict concerning local affairs to be distibuted in the provinces.

        Syntactic words
      • nabtextHan bureaucracy: an edict issued to the provinces and districts concerning local affairs WENXINDIAOLONG 19
      • vadVby imperial decree; by imperial order
      令  lìng OC: ɡ-reŋs MC: liɛŋ 2 AttributionsWD

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 制/DECREE Zhì 制 is a Qin technical term for a published imperial decision.

        Syntactic words
      • nabtextpublished royal or imperial order
      典  diǎn OC: tɯɯnʔ MC: ten 2 AttributionsWD

      Diǎn 典 is an archaic word referring to edicts by the Son of Heaven.

        Syntactic words
      • narchaic: imperial decree; authoritative command
      誥  gào OC: kuuɡs MC: kɑu
      告  gào OC: kuuɡs MC: kɑu 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nabactarchaic: imperial public announcement
      謨  mó OC: maa MC: muo̝ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • narchaic: imperial decree
      天明  tiān míng OC: lʰiin mraŋ MC: then mɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPabtextWay of Heaven, like 天道
      大命  dà mìng MC: dajH mjaengH OC: daads mɢreŋsLZ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPmetaphysicalGreat Mandate (of Heaven)LZ
      制  zhì OC: kjeds MC: tɕiɛi 0 AttributionsWD

      Zhì 制 is a Qin technical term for a published imperial decision.

        Syntactic words
      • nabtextimperial decree from Qin times onwards
      戒  jiè OC: krɯɯɡs MC: kɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD

      Jiè 戒 refers to a formal announcement from the Son of Heaven, typically in the form of a general warning.

        Syntactic words
      • nabtextimperial public announcement in the form of a general warning
      策  cè OC: skhreeɡ MC: ʈʂhɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD

      Cè 策 is a Han edict appointing a king or feudal lord and investing him with a piece of territory.

        Syntactic words
      • nabtextHan bureaucracy: an edict enfeoffing a king or feudal lord WENXINDIAOLONG 19
      • nadVusing a written decree/document
      訓  xùn OC: qhuns MC: hi̯un 0 AttributionsWD

        Syntactic words
      • narchaic: imperial decree
      誓  shì OC: ɡljeds MC: dʑiɛi 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nachaic: imperial public announcement

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