RULE    綱紀綱

IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE to which one CONFORMS.
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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.
Hypernym
  • PRINCIPLE　BASIC FEATURE of a DOCTRINE OR A SYSTEM of RULES. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 934

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 161

    • Words (15 items)

    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
    節  jié MC: tset OC: tsiiɡ 15 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabmethodrule; approachLZ
    • nabsocialrules of social conductCH
    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
    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 9 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 ruds 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP(system of) guidelinesLZ
    節奏  jié zòu MC: tset tsuwH OC: tsiiɡ skoos 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
    禮憲  lǐ xiàn MC: lejX xjonH OC: riiʔ qhans 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPrules of ritualLZ
    共  gǒng MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • n(= gong3 拱) rule (SHI)LZ
    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