LAW    法度法

GROUP of ENDURING PUBLIC COMMANDS SHOULD:obligatory FOR ALL MEMBERS of a STATE.
REGULATIONSTATUTEENACTMENTACTBILLDECREEEDICTBYLAWRULERULINGORDINANCEDICTUMCOMMANDORDERDIRECTIVEPRONOUNCEMENTPROCLAMATIONDICTATEFIAT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法. 2. Lu �律 is far more specialised as a specific term referring to concrete and detailed regulations rather than a legal system as a whole, and the word is also syntactically much less flexible. Thus we have 先王之法 and not 先王之律. The complexities of legal terminology can be preliminarily summarised as follows: A. The rule may be explicit (chéng 程, diǎn 典, fǎ 法, hào 號, lu �律 ); or it may be primarily conventional (cháng 常, jì 紀, jīng 經, zhì 制 ). B. The rule may be conceived as temporary (lìng 令, dù 度, chéng 程, hào 號 ); or it may be conceived as permanent and unchangeable (cháng 常, diǎn 典, jì 紀, jīng 經 ); or it may be conceived as long-term but clearly changeable (fǎ 法, lu �律, xiàn 憲, zhāng 章, zhì 制 ). C. The rules may concern legal and economic administration (chéng 程, diǎn 典, dù 度, lu �律, xiàn 憲, zhāng 章, zhì 制, and occasionally fǎ 法 ); or they may concern prohibitions of criminal conduct (fǎ 法, pì 辟, xíng 刑 ); or they may be general moral guidelines on conduct (cháng 常, hào 號, lìng 令, jì 紀 ). D. The focus may be on the written documents containing the rules as such (diǎn 典, xiàn 憲, zhāng 章 ); or the focus may be on the content of the rules (cháng 常, chéng 程, dù 度, lìng 令, zhì 制 ); or the primary focus may be on oral promulgation of the rule (hào 號 ). E. The rules may be regarded as a collective system (cháng 常, jì 紀, jīng 經, zhì 制 ); or they may be conceived as individual legal prescriptions (all others).
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GOVERNMENT/LAW 34. 刑，先秦早期指對肉體處罰的條文，側重在肉體處罰。 法，春秋以後形成的對犯罪者處罰的制度，側重在制度化；後世為刑法的通稱。 “ 律 ” ，後世指能作為處罰標準的刑法，側重在標準性。 GOVERNMENT/LAW 35. 法度。 法，總稱。 典，側重於示範性、長久性。 則，表現為司法中可以參照的代表性案例。 儀，側重於禮儀性。
Hyponym
  • INTERNATIONAL LAW　SYSTEM of LAWS FOR ALL PEOPLES AND STATES in the WORLD. (anc: 17/0, child: 0)
  • NATURAL LAW　NATURAL LAW NOT WRITTEN down, AND NOT DECIDED by any GOVERNMENT BUT SHOULD:supposed to be FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE. (anc: 17/0, child: 0)
  • CONSTITUTION　LAW DEFINING the SYSTEM of GOVERNMENT AND the RIGHTS AND DUTIES of the GOVERNMENT AND of the PEOPLE. (anc: 17/0, child: 0)
See also
  • LAWYEROFFICIAL WORKING IN a LAW-COURT, WHO IS NOT a JUDGE.
  • JUSTICEVIRTUE of MORAL APPROPRIATENESS, AND CONFORMITY to the LAW.
  • RIGHTWhat one DESERVES AND CAN DEMAND BECAUSE of LAW OR JUSTICE.
  • CRIMEWICKED ACT OFFENDING INTENSELY against an IMPORTANT LAW.
Hypernym
  • COMMAND　ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT. (anc: 15/0, child: 8)
  • ADDRESS　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.  (anc: 14/0, child: 23)
  • WRITE　PRODUCE a DOCUMENT. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
Other Hypernyms
  • COMMANDnew-64400543-79c1-45c0-8005-4379c115c025　ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT. (anc: 14/1, child: 8)
  • ADDRESSnew-b2b104ff-6112-4947-b104-ff611229470d　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.  (anc: 13/0, child: 23)
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 21.11

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 21.12

  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 1291

  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 433

    ETAT DE DROIT

  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 695

    LAW

  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 710

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 426/7

    338. Ex Serv., ad citata verba ab Isidoro, quae sunt I et II Aen.

    --Serv., ad locum citatum, qui est II Aen.

    ]

    338. Inter Leges et jura. Jus dicitur, lex scribitur. Unde et Virgilius: Jura dabat legesque viris. [col. 45B] Item leges humanae, jura 45 divina sunt. Ideoque et juramentum dicitur id est, sacramentum in Deo [ Al., Domino]. Hinc et Virgilius: Fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere jura.

    339. Sic fere ipse, lib. II Etymolog., cap. 10, et lib. IV, cap. 3.

    ]

    339. Inter Leges et mores. Lex est scriptis edita, mos autem lex quaedam vivendi, nullo vinculo astricta [ Al., astrictus], sive lex non scripta, sed tantum cum usu retenta.

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 110

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p. 355

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 139A

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 143A

  • Fundamental Legal Conceptions ( HOHFELD 1919) p.

  • Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe ( KOSELLECK 1972-97) p. 2.863-923

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    LEX

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 101

  • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. III.22

  • 中華古代文化辭典 Zhonghua gudai wenhua cidian ( QIAN YULIN 1996) p. 517-528

    Basic traditional legal vocabulary simply explained.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.151

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 3.481

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 49-67

  • Das grosse China-Lexikon ( STAIGER 2003) p. 606

  • Das grosse China-Lexikon ( STAIGER 2003) p. 724

  • Das grosse China-Lexikon ( STAIGER 2003) p. 887

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 417

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 264f

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.335

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 144

  • Divisiones quae vulgo dicuntur Aristoteleae ( DIVISIONES 1906) p. no. 7

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no.78

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 141A

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 143A

    • Words (62 items)

    法  fǎ OC: pab MC: pi̯ɐp 105 Attributions

    The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

      Word relations
    • Subject: 立/ESTABLISH The current general word for setting up anything abstract or concrete is lì 立 and the almost equally common shè 設.
    • Ant: 私/SELFISH The standard word for selfishness in classical Chinese is sī 私.
    • Object: 奉/RESPECT
    • Object: 守/SAFEGUARD Bǎo 保 (which emphasises safety against dangers or threats) and shǒu 守 (which emphasises good care and the ensuring that something is not lost or impaired) are the two general words for safeguarding things.
    • Object: 專/MONOPOLISE Zhuān 專 emphasises that one takes exclusive control, by whatever means.
    • Object: 廢/DISCARD Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.
    • Object: 按/RELY ON
    • Object: 枉/TWIST Wǎng 枉 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and unwarped") refers to bending as distortion. The word is predominantly transferred in meaning and prototypically refers to the bending of the law.
    • Object: 犯/OFFEND Fàn 犯 (ant. cǒng 從 "follow obediently") refers as a derogatory term to a deliberate and active breaking of a rule.
    • Object: 背/OFFEND
    • Object: 變/CHANGE The most current general words for objective and typically abrupt change are biàn 變 "change from one's original state to become something different" (ant. héng �� "remain constant").
    • Object: 逆/OFFEND The current most general word for offending against what one is obliged to act in accordance with or going against a current is probably nì 逆 (ant. shùn 順 "follow and obey"), which refers to any action which goes against something.
    • Object: 懸 / 縣/HANG The current general word for hanging something up or suspending it in the air is xuán 懸.
    • Object: 執/CONTROL
    • Object: 守/CONFORM Shǒu 守 refers to conformity construed as a matter of guarding a precedent or a tradition.
    • Object: 致/ACT
    • Object: 致/ACHIEVE Zhì 致 refers specifically to remarkable successful action, typically on others' behalf. [ALTRUISTIC], [DIFFICULT]; [VERB]
    • Object: 作 / 作 / 作/CREATE Zuò 作 (ant. shù 述"transmit") focusses on an autonomous initiative being taken, and the word can refer to a commendable act of creation as well as a reprehensible act of political disobedience. The word focusses on the product resulting of the action.
    • Epithet: 公/JUSTICE
    • Epithet: 峻/SEVERE Jù4n 峻 (ant. píng 平 "even-handed") refers dramatically to the savageness of punishments.
    • 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.
    • Epithet: 天/HEAVEN
    • Epithet: 嚴 / 嚴儼/SEVERE The current general commendatory term for severeness is yán 嚴 (ant. kuān 寬 "lax").
    • Epithet: 酷/CRUEL
    • Epithet: 公/EQUAL
    • Epithet: 苛/SEVERE Kē 苛 and kù 酷 (ant.* rén 仁 "kind-hearted" and bù rěn 不忍 "be unable to stand") refer to flagrant extravagance in the severeness of punishments.
    • Epithet: 百/ALL Bǎi 百 is occasionally used to refer to the whole of a well-defined group of things. >>ADNOMINAL
    • Epithet: 治/GOVERN The general word for governing, administering or ordering things is zhì 治, old reading chí.
    • Epithet: 籍/DOCUMENT Jǐ2 籍 refers to a formal and official record, typically a population register or a written official statute.
    • Contrast: 刑/PUNISH Xíng 刑 refers specifically to physical punishment.
    • Contrast: 刑/LAW
    • Contrast: 令/COMMAND The standard current word for a command is lìng 令, and the content (not the words) of the command is typically in the sentence that follows. We do not find: 令曰, and it is significant that lìng 令 also regularly means "to cause to".
    • Assoc: 度/LAW
    • Assoc: 令/LAW
    • Assoc: 制/LAW
    • Assoc: 律/LAW Lǜ 律 is far more specialised as a specific term referring to concrete and detailed regulations rather than a legal system as a whole, and the word is also syntactically much less flexible. Thus we have 先王之法 and not 先王之律.
    • Assoc: 禁/FORBID The current dominant general word referring to public prohibition is jìn 禁 (ant. quàn 勸 "encourage").
    • Assoc: 式/LAW
    • Assoc: 典/LAW
    • Assoc: 刑/LAW
    • Assoc: 籍/DOCUMENT Jǐ2 籍 refers to a formal and official record, typically a population register or a written official statute.
    • Assoc: 非/NOT
    • Synon: 律/LAW Lǜ 律 is far more specialised as a specific term referring to concrete and detailed regulations rather than a legal system as a whole, and the word is also syntactically much less flexible. Thus we have 先王之法 and not 先王之律.
    • Oppos: 私/PRIVATE The dominant current word for privacy is sī 私 (ant. gōng 公 "public"), and the word designates everything that falls outside the responsibility of public administration. Contrast SELFISH.
    • Oppos: 禮/RITUAL The current general term for everything relating to the system of ritual propriety is lǐ 禮. However the term can also be used to refer to individual prescribed rituals.
    • Oppos: 仁義/GOOD This refers to morality in general, including virtues other than those mentioned explicitly in the binome.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.adNby means of lawCH
    • nab.adVin accordance with the Buddhist law; in accordance with Buddhist teaching
    • nab[.post-N]the laws applicable to oneCH
    • nabactthe following of the law; the implementation of the law; (strict) adherence to the lawCH
    • nabbuddhistpositive rule prescribing behaviour
    • nabcountablelawsCH
    • nabexplicit plural(many/most) lawsCH
    • nabgeneralisedlegal arrangements; prescribed bureaucratic practice; particularly: impartial implementation of the law of the landCH
    • nabnon-penalnon-criminal ritual laws
    • nabtextlegal system, legal rule; law text
    • nabtranscendentalnorms and stadards (from Heaven etc)CH
    • nab{PRED}be (in accordance with) the lawCH
    • nadNof the Dharme, characterised by the dharme, concerned with the dharma
    • nphysical textthe physical object constituted by a legal text
    • vibe legal, be in accordance with the law
    • vi0middle voicethere are proper regulations enforced
    • viactact according to the law, keep to the law; be concerned to be legal, be mainly concerned with the law
    • vt+V[0]it is the law to V [compare structurally: 應 "should"] SHIJI: 法當
    法度  fǎ dù OC: pab ɡ-laaɡs MC: pi̯ɐp duo̝ 102 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab.post-Nthe laws and measures/regulations of the contextually determinate NCH
    • NPabplurallaws and regulations
    • NPabsocialthe system of legal practiceCH
    • NPab{N1=N2}nonreferentiallaws and regulations
    • NPab{PRED}be the system of laws and regulations/measuresCH
    • NPadVby the use of the system of laws and regulationsCH
    刑法  xíng fǎ OC: ɡeeŋ pab MC: ɦeŋ pi̯ɐp 40 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NPabbased on penal lawlegal norms based on the threat of penal sanctionsCH
    • NPabincluding administrative normspenal laws and administrative normsCH
    • NPabsocial刑法之爪角"the claws and horns of penal law"] penal/criminal law; the penal code
    法令  fǎ lìng OC: pab ɡ-reŋs MC: pi̯ɐp liɛŋ 38 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Inconsist: 私道/SELFISH
    • Ant: 私/SELFISH The standard word for selfishness in classical Chinese is sī 私.
    • Object: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]

      Syntactic words
    • NPabmarked plurallaws and commandsCH
    • NPabplurallaws and orders; legal procedures and official orders
    法制  fǎ zhì OC: pab kjeds MC: pi̯ɐp tɕiɛi 29 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NPabmethodthe legal and administrative system
    • NPabmethodthe current legal and administrative system
    公法  gōng fǎ MC: kuwng pjop OC: klooŋ pab 19 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabthe impartial law of the land =國法CH
    公法  gōng fǎ MC: kuwng pjop OC: klooŋ pab 16 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactadministrative practice: impartial (public and not personal or private) rule of lawCH
    法禁  fǎ jìn OC: pab krɯms MC: pi̯ɐp kim 14 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPtextlaws and prohibitions
    國法  guó fǎ OC: kʷɯɯɡ pab MC: kək pi̯ɐp 14 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPlaw of the land
    法律  fǎ lǜ OC: pab b-rud MC: pi̯ɐp lʷin 11 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabnonreferentiallaws and regulations
    • NPabtextstatutes and regulations of the lawCH
    憲令  xiàn lìng OC: qhans ɡ-reŋs MC: hi̯ɐn liɛŋ 11 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Object: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]

      Syntactic words
    • NPabtext(the set of/system of) legal rules and regulations
    法籍  fǎ jí MC: pjop dzjek OC: pab sɡaɡ 11 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NPplurallaws and documents of state; laws and state registersCH
    典刑  diǎn xíng MC: tenX heng OC: tɯɯnʔ ɡeeŋ 11 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtextplural: canon of laws; lawsCH
    令  lìng OC: ɡ-reŋs MC: liɛŋ 11 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Object: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]
    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

      Syntactic words
    • nabtextofficial ordinance; public order
    法式  fǎ shì OC: pab lʰɯɡ MC: pi̯ɐp ɕɨk 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabsocialthe legally prescribed standard; the legal system; the relevant legal provisions
    禮法  lǐ fǎ MC: lejX pjop OC: riiʔ pab 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabsocialritual-based legal systemCH
    天法  tiān fǎ MC: then pjop OC: lʰiin pab 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtranscendentalheavenly norms, laws and norms from HeavenCH
    制  zhì OC: kjeds MC: tɕiɛi 9 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

      Syntactic words
    • nablegal provisions; rules of law; official regulationsCH
    • nabsocialadministrative legal system
    常  cháng OC: djaŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabmethod[what is constant >] regular procedure; constant legally sanctioned practice, regular routine, legal routine; constant unchangeable legal pattern
    憲  xiàn OC: qhans MC: hi̯ɐn 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabtexts, collectivewritten basic laws; administrative regulations XUN 1: administrative regulations; procedural statutes 行憲 "implement statutes"
    官法  guān fǎ MC: kwan pjop OC: koon pab 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPlaws of civil administration; laws of official administration; public official legal system; official(ly enforced) lawCH
    先王之法  xiān wáng zhī fǎ MC: sen hjwang tsyi pjop OC: sɯɯn ɢʷaŋ kljɯ pab 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabthe legal provisions of the Early KingsCH
    律令  lǜ lìng OC: b-rud ɡ-reŋ MC: lʷin liɛŋ 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtextlegal injunction; order by authority of the law
    典  diǎn OC: tɯɯnʔ MC: ten 7 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 先/EARLY Xiān 先 is relative and refers to the period earlier than something else.
    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
    • Assoc: 刑/LAW

      Syntactic words
    • nabcanonical model writings; traditional statutes; legal code, statute; ruleLZ
    • nab.post-V{NUM}canonical model writings; traditional statutes; legal code, statute; rule
    • nabactlegal provision; legal canon
    • vtoNattitudinaltake as the norm
    度  dù OC: ɡ-laaɡs MC: duo̝ 7 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

      Syntactic words
    • nabmethodstandard administrative procedure; administrative system;; set standard, regime (of law)
    彰  zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ
    章  zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabtextpublicised and formally promulgated set of legal rules setting the official calendar of events
    百王之法  bǎi wáng zhī fǎ MC: paek hjwang tsyi pjop OC: praaɡ ɢʷaŋ kljɯ pab 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPablegal arrangements of the various kingsCH
    辟  pì MC: bjiek OC: beɡ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabtextcriminal law; code of law
    律  lǜ OC: b-rud MC: lʷin 5 Attributions

    Lǜ 律 is far more specialised as a specific term referring to concrete and detailed regulations rather than a legal system as a whole, and the word is also syntactically much less flexible. Thus we have 先王之法 and not 先王之律.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
    • Synon: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

      Syntactic words
    • nabbuddhistvinaya
    • nabfigurativeobligatory rulesCH
    • nabtextstatute defining legal procedure, regulation, standard rule; legal standards
    • npost-Nstatutes regulating NLZ
    天下法  tiān xià fǎ MC: then haeX pjop OC: lʰiin ɢraaʔ pab 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabuniversal law (not: law of the empire)CH
    執法  zhí fǎ MC: tsyip pjop OC: tjib pab 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe in charge of legal matters; administer the law, hold onto the lawCH
    竹刑  zhú xíng MC: trjuwk heng OC: tuɡ ɡeeŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtextcodified law text written on bambooCH
    刑  xíng OC: ɡeeŋ MC: ɦeŋ 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Object: 酷/CRUEL
    • Contrast: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
    • Assoc: 典/LAW
    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

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    • nabtextpenal law
    法律令  fǎ lǜ lìng MC: pjop lwit ljengH  OC: pab b-rud ɡ-reŋs 4 Attributions
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    • NPabtextlegal injunctions and instructions of the law of the landCH
    先典  xiān diǎn MC: sen tenX OC: sɯɯn tɯɯnʔ 3 Attributions

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    • Object: 順/OBEY Shùn 順 (ant. nì 逆 "refuse to conform") can refer to the conforming with a standard set by someone or an intention someone has.

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    • NPabEarly Codes, early encoded rulesCH
    苛法  kē fǎ MC: ha pjop OC: ɡlaal pab 3 Attributions
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    • NPab(exceedingly) severe lawsCH
    式  shì OC: lʰɯɡ MC: ɕɨk 3 Attributions

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    • Assoc: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

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    • nabtextformal legal prescription; formal standard; model archaic and poetic
    紀律  jì lǜ OC: kɯʔ b-rud MC: kɨ lʷin 2 Attributions
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    • NPabtextadministrative rules
    量  liàng OC: ɡ-raŋs MC: li̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
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    • na measure; a standard
    科條  kē tiáo OC: khool ɡ-lɯɯw MC: khʷɑ deu 2 Attributions
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    • NPtextstatutes and ordinances
    法辟  fǎ pì OC: pab beɡ MC: pi̯ɐp biɛk 2 Attributions
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    • NPabtextthe laws and regulations of all kind
    典法  diǎn fǎ MC: tenX pjop OC: tɯɯnʔ pab 2 Attributions
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    • NPabcodified laws; enshrined lawsCH
    程  chéng OC: deŋ MC: ɖiɛŋ 2 Attributions
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    • nab.adVCHEMLA 2003: according to administrative regulation, by official regulationJZ 5.25: 程粟一斛積二尺七寸 "by regulation, one hu-measure of grain will have the volume of two chǐ seven cùn (cube)"
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: regulationSUANSHUSHU p. 80: 程禾。程曰： Regulating/measuring out Grain. The regulation says:...
    • nabtextfixed rule, specifically on official weights and measures; labour norm (QIN LAW A58); standard; labour norm (QIN LAW A58)
    籍  jí MC: dzjek OC: sɡaɡ 2 Attributions
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    • npost-Nwritten rules; rulebook for an NCH
    紀  jì OC: kɯʔ MC: kɨ 2 Attributions
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    • nab.post-V{NUM}guideline; regulating principle; laws
    經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 2 Attributions
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    • nabmethodunchanging canonical standard, canonical obligatory rule
    繩  shéng OC: sbljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 2 Attributions
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    • nabfigurativethe rule of law
    德法  dé fǎ MC: tok pjop OC: tɯɯɡ pab 1 Attribution

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    • NPablegal norms based on charismatic virtueCH
    號  hào OC: ɢluus MC: ɦɑu 1 Attribution
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    • nabtextlegal instruction, legal command
    人道  rén dào MC: nyin dawX OC: njin ɡ-luuʔ 1 Attribution

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    • NPablaw of men; law for men; law created by manCH
    紀綱  jì gāng OC: kɯʔ kaaŋ MC: kɨ kɑŋ 1 Attribution
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    • NPplurallaws and rules
    憲命  xiàn mìng MC: xjonH mjaengH OC: qhans mɢreŋs 1 Attribution
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    • NPstatutesLZ
    法經  fǎ jīng MC: pjop keng OC: pab keeŋ 1 Attribution
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    • NP"Classic of Laws", booktitle attributed in 魏書 to a book in six 卷 submitted to the ruler of Qin by Shang Yang 商鞅CH
    刑典  xíng diǎn MC: heng tenX  OC: ɡeeŋ tɯɯnʔ 1 Attribution
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    • NPabtextcanon of laws; written lawsCH
    百法  bǎi fǎ MC: paek pjop OC: praaɡ pab 1 Attribution
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    • NPabpluralall (kinds of) lawsCH
    先王之成法  xiān wáng zhī chéng fǎ MC: sen hjwang tsyi dzyeng pjop OC: sɯɯn ɢʷaŋ kljɯ djeŋ pab 1 Attribution
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    • NPabthe established legal provisions of the Early KingsCH
    刑書  xíng shū MC: heng syo OC: ɡeeŋ qhlja 1 Attribution
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    • NPwritten legal codeCH
    義法  yì fǎ MC: ngjeH pjop OC: ŋrals pab 1 Attribution

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    • NPabjust law; just lawsCH
    條  tiáo MC: dew OC: ɡ-lɯɯw 1 Attribution
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    • n(post-N)definitethe relevant paragraph in a legal codex DS
    矩  jǔ OC: kʷaʔ MC: ki̯o 1 Attribution

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    • nabmethodthe prescribed rules
    刑辟  xíng pì MC: heng bjiek OC: ɡeeŋ beɡ 1 Attribution
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    • NPabpluralpenal lawsCH
    法刑  fǎ xíng OC: pab ɡeeŋ MC: pi̯ɐp ɦeŋ 1 Attribution
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    • NPablegal and punitive measures