| 天书 | tiān shū | imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch | ![]() |
| 圣旨 | shèng zhǐ | imperial edict | ![]() |
| 诏书 | zhào shū | imperial edict | ![]() |
| 谕旨 | yù zhǐ | imperial edict | ![]() |
| 上谕 | shàng yù | imperial edict | ![]() |
| 圣训 | shèng xùn | sage's instructions / imperial edict | ![]() |
| 诏 | zhào | (literary) to admonish / (bound form) imperial edict | ![]() |
| 圣谕 | shèng yù | imperial edict / see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4] | ![]() |
| 诏旨 | zhào zhǐ | imperial edict | ![]() |
