thụ mệnh
Definition
- Verb (archaic):
- To receive a final mandate or dying command: To formally accept and be entrusted with the last orders, wishes, or testamentary instructions of a deceased person, especially a sovereign or superior.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Vị tân vương long trọng thụ mệnh tiên đế. (The new king solemnly received the final mandate of the late emperor.)
- Thụ mệnh của tổ phụ, người con trai cả phải gánh vác gia nghiệp. (Having received the dying command of the patriarch, the eldest son had to shoulder the family legacy.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in historical, literary, or formal contexts related to royal succession, inheritance of authority, or sacred duties passed from the deceased to the living. It implies a solemn and binding responsibility.
Variants and Related Words
- Thụ chỉ (v): To receive an imperial decree.
- Kế thừa (v): To inherit (more general, modern usage).
- Di mệnh (n): A last will, a dying command (often the object that is "thụ mệnh").
Synonyms
- To receive a final mandate
- To be entrusted with a dying wish
- To inherit a command (posthumously)
Related Concepts
- Truyền ngôi: To pass on the throne. is often the act performed by the successor in this ritual.
- Di chúc: Will, testament (a legal document; less solemn and binding than the implied duty in ).