• Mandate of Heaven

Mandate of Heaven (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• Translation of "天命" name of the Qing Dynasty (gloss, in Mandarin "Tiānmìng")
• The philosophical construct that is the basis of the authority of the Son of Heaven.
• Any such mandate or blessing.
• 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.