ALLIANCE  

CONTRACT in which GROUPS PROMISE to COOPERATE.
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Hypernym
  • CONTRACTMUTUALLY PROMISE, TYPICALLY USING WRITING, TO ACT in a certain way.[[VERTRAG]]
    • PROMISEADDRESS ANOTHER SAYING that one FUTURE:will CERTAINLY DO something DESIRED by him/her.
      • 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....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    SEE CONTRACT 1. Méng 盟 are between feudal lords, shì 誓 can be between any respectable private individuals.

    2. Méng 盟 involves the blood of sacrificial domestic animals, shì 誓 does not normally involve the use of sacrificial animals..

    3. Méng 盟 involves invocation through the blood of sacrificial animals, and it is typically in red writing, while shì 誓 is by the use of invocation of the spirits through words only, inviting the gods to punish those who break the oath. Occasionally this can be accompanied by casting a jade object into the river.

    4. Shì 誓 can be an oath sworn by one individual, whereas méng 盟 is always a covenant between different parties. See CONTRACT.

    Zhan Jinsen 1991

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    結盟

    會盟

    同盟

    聯盟

    歃血為盟



    拜盟

    拜把子

    結拜

    結義

    換帖

    義結金蘭

    • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 303

    • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.333.295

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