At the mouth of cave, he commands the dwarf to wear a mink coat, otherwise it might cost him the life.

Ming is an ideogram composed of 口 k'ou mouth as radical, with 令 ling an order. It means to cause to act, to employ; also later, divine commands, destiny.

Ming is composed of 口 k'ou mouth, its old radical, with 令 ling a command (see 271) as phonetic. It is also commonly used in the sense of destiny, as being the command or will of God.