Once the imperial edict was issued, the whole country was stirred.
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诏 (zhào) was specifically reserved for the emperor's pronouncements — usurping it carried capital punishment. 诏书 (zhàoshū, edict document) and 圣旨 (shèngzhǐ, sacred decree) are near-synonyms; 诏旨 emphasizes the imperial will behind the document.
