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DIVINE PUNISHMENT OR REWARD of HUMANS BASED on their EVIL OR GOOD ACTIONS respectively.
Old Chinese Criteria
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Hypernym
  • PUNISH　RESTRAIN OR DAMAGE a CULPRIT BECAUSE of his/her CRIMES. (anc: 15/0, child: 5)
  • RESTRAIN　HINDER from being UNRESTRAINED. (anc: 14/0, child: 2)
  • HINDER　STOP from ACT:doing what someone or something INTENDS to ACT:do. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
Other Hypernyms
  • REWARD　GIVE someone something BECAUSE that person has ACTED:done something GOOD. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • GIVE　CAUSE someone TO POSSESS in the FUTURE what one POSSESSES at PRESENT. (anc: 12/0, child: 13)
  • CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

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