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- proper noun The philosophical construct that is the basis of the authority of the
Son of Heaven . - noun Any such
mandate or blessing. - noun 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. - proper noun Translation of "
天命 " name of the Qing Dynasty (in Mandarin "Tiānmìng ")
Etymologies
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The Mandate of Heaven 2006: Getting America Back on the Right Side of History 2006
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Taught that the emperor ruled by the Mandate of Heaven, his subjects knew that as long as there was harmony in the land, not too many uprisings or natural disasters, this mandate rested securely with the head of state.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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Elizabeth Perry's Challenging the Mandate of Heaven is also an excellent piece of scholarship that touches upon the Taipings and focuses on China's history of rebellions.
Marx and the Taipings Daniel Little 2009
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In Imperial China, emperors needed the Mandate of Heaven to legitimize their rule.
Out Of The Shadows 2008
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The rise of an Olympics-worthy China validates the Middle Kingdom's entire worldview and confirms, in no particular order, the ebb and flow of history, the cyclical essence of yin and yang, as well as a renewed Mandate of Heaven.
Tom Doctoroff: Tibet, Beijing and Olympic Sponsors: To Boycott or Not 2008
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Perhaps they suggest that the U.S. has gotten itself on the wrong side of history, that we no longer operates under our own special Mandate of Heaven.
The Mandate of Heaven 2006: Getting America Back on the Right Side of History 2006
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Wulingren at the Mandate of Heaven blogs beautifully on encounters....
Archive 2006-04-01 Michael Turton 2006
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Wulingren at the Mandate of Heaven blogs beautifully on encounters....
Sunday, April 16, 2006, Taiwan Blog Round up Michael Turton 2006
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In Confucian society, maintaining the Mandate of Heaven ordained a prosperous and peaceful Imperium.
The Mandate of Heaven 2006: Getting America Back on the Right Side of History 2006
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In "Fire in the Lake," a 1972 meditation on the Vietnam War, author Frances Fitzgerald elaborated a Vietnamese version of the Mandate of Heaven as it applied to the 1963 overthrow of the Diem regime.
The Mandate of Heaven 2006: Getting America Back on the Right Side of History 2006
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