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Mandate of heaven
Meaning
Noun
●
Any such
mandate
or blessing.
●
In Monarchism:
The Chinese
philosophical
concept
of the
circumstances
under which a
ruler
is
allowed
to
rule
. Good
rulers
would be
allowed
to
rule
with the Mandate of
heaven
, and
despotic
,
unjust
rulers
would have the Mandate
revoked
by
disasters
or revolution.
Name
●
The
philosophical
construct
that is the
basis
of the
authority
of the Son of Heaven.
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