RULE  綱紀綱

IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE to which one CONFORMS.
RECOMMENDATIONINSTRUCTIONDIRECTIONSUGGESTIONADVICEREGULATIONRULEPRINCIPLEGUIDING PRINCIPLESTANDARDCRITERIONMEASUREGAUGEYARDSTICKBENCHMARKTOUCHSTONEPROCEDUREPARAMETER
Hypernym
  • PRINCIPLEBASIC FEATURE of a DOCTRINE OR A SYSTEM of RULES.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Perhaps the most current general word for a (typically political or moral) guideline is jì 紀.

2. Gāng 綱 refers primarily to the guide-rope of a net, and then by extension to a general guideline guiding one through something complex.

3. Jīng 經 refers to an operative underlying main principle which man also may take as a guideline.

4. Wěi 緯 refers to a secondary principle operative in things which man also may take as a guideline.

5. Wéi 維 refers to the guiding lines attached to the four corners of a fishing net and hence by extension to the overall metaphysical principles guiding the universe.

Words

經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 35 Attributions

Jīng 經 refers to an operative underlying main principle which man also may take as a guideline.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 常/ENDURING Cháng 常 and the especially emphatic héng 恆 "highly constant and permanent" (ant.* ǒu 偶 "contingency and consequent changeability") emphasise the constancy or constant recurrence of the attributes of what is lasting, and typically - though not always - the constancy is valued positively.
  • Contrast: 紀/RULE Perhaps the most current general word for a (typically political or moral) guideline is jì 紀.

    Syntactic words
  • nabfigurativebasic normative guidelineCH
  • nabmetaphysicalleading thread, warp; cardinal principle
  • vadNwho act according to the relevant guidelines
  • viactfollow a constant guideline
紀  jì OC: kɯʔ MC: kɨ 13 Attributions

Perhaps the most current general word for a (typically political or moral) guideline is jì 紀.

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 經/RULE Jīng 經 refers to an operative underlying main principle which man also may take as a guideline.
  • Oppos: 綱/RULE Gāng 綱 refers primarily to the guide-rope of a net, and then by extension to a general guideline guiding one through something complex.

    Syntactic words
  • nguide-thread
  • nab.post-Nguiding rules of N, underlying principles motivating NCH
  • nabfigurativebasic guideline; rules of conduct; moral confines
節  jié MC: tset OC: tsiiɡCH 13 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabmethodrule; approachLZ
  • nabsocialrules of social conductCH
則  zé OC: skɯɯɡ MC: tsək 12 Attributions

Zé 則 refers to a rule or pattern to be followed.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 法/METHOD Fǎ 法 is a regular rule-governed procedure governing the proper exercise of a skill.

    Syntactic words
  • nabnatural rule as conceived as something things follow; model to follow as a guideline
  • vtoNfollow as a guideline
統  tǒng OC: thuuŋs MC: thuo̝ŋ 8 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabmetaphysicalXUN: guideline; generic rule
  • vtoNattitudinalto take N as the basic guidelineLZ
綱  gāng OC: kaaŋ MC: kɑŋ 7 Attributions

Gāng 綱 refers primarily to the guide-rope of a net, and then by extension to a general guideline guiding one through something complex.

    Word relations
  • Oppos: 紀/RULE Perhaps the most current general word for a (typically political or moral) guideline is jì 紀.

    Syntactic words
  • nguide-rope of a net which, when tightend draws the fish in
  • nabfigurativeguideline > principle
經紀  jīng jì OC: keeŋ kɯʔ MC: keŋ kɨ 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabnonreferentialgeneral guidelines
統類  tǒng lèi MC: thowngH lwijH OC: thuuŋs rudsLZ 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP(system of) guidelinesLZ
節奏  jié zòu MC: tset tsuwH OC: tsiiɡ skoosLZ 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPsystem of rules (XUN: probably ritual ones)LZ
經緯  jīng wěi OC: keeŋ ɢuls MC: keŋ ɦɨi 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabguiding principlesCH
  • NPabmethodbasic guidelines of action
  • VPtoNprovide with proper guidelines
類  lèi 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabthe rules of analogical extension of categories to other types of thingsLZ
維  wéi OC: k-lul MC: ji 1 Attribution

Wéi 維 refers to the guiding lines attached to the four corners of a fishing net and hence by extension to the overall metaphysical principles guiding the universe.

    Syntactic words
  • nguiding ropes attached to the four corners of a hunting or fishing net
  • nab.post-V{NUM}guidelines
緯  wěi OC: ɢuls MC: ɦɨi 1 Attribution

ěi 緯 refers to a secondary principle operative in things which man also may take as a guideline.

    Syntactic words
  • nthe woof
禮憲  lǐ xiàn MC: lejX xjonH OC: riiʔ qhansLZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPrules of ritualLZ
共  gǒng MC: -- OC: --LZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • n(= gong3 拱) rule (SHI)LZ

Existing SW for

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