Nounimperial edict to confer nobility titles (in ancient China)

Nounbook; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

Nounnumber of books

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbimperial investiture; installation

Nounbestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China); document bestowing peerage

Nounaccredited Chinese envoy to neighbouring kingdoms

Nounprinted edition (as opposed to digital)

Nounbound form (of a magazine or book; as opposed to a single sheet, scroll, etc.)

Nounbound book

Nountributary system (of Imperial China)

Nounwritten work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll) · a text written entirely in kana · graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)