oracle

order (from above)

imperial edict

(literary) to inform (the public); to give clear instructions; public announcement (from higher authorities)

(literary) handwritten instruction from a superior or elder

variant of 曉喻|晓喻[xiao3 yu4]

variant of 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4]

imperial decree

imperial edict

to issue a directive; to instruct (that sth be done)

(deferential) your instructions

to instruct sb personally

see 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4]

Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901), prominent Japanese Westernizer, liberal educator and founder of Keio University