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imperial order

surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province

to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

edict / written imperial order

posthumous edict of former emperor / Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 edict to posterity

Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia

Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure

to receive an imperial command

secret imperial edict

expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)

to respond to an imperial decree

the pretense of acting on imperial order

imperial order

Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian

Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian

an Imperial edict

imperial prison

imperial decree

posthumous edict (of former emperor)

to hand down an imperial edict