DECREE 天子詔詔
PUBLIC COMMAND ISSUED by the RULER OR by HIGH AUTHORITY.
Old Chinese Criteria
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
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 ／
Attributions by syntactic funtion
Attributions by text
- 韓非子 : 4
- 春秋左傳 : 3
- 祖堂集 : 3
- 毛詩 : 2
- 戰國策 : 2
- 墨子 : 1
- 荀子 : 1
- 尚書 : 1
- 孟子 : 1
- 史記 : 1
- 逸周書 : 1
- 古列女傳 : 1
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
- 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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