Definitions from Wiktionary (Mandate of Heaven)

▸ 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 by disasters or revolution.
▸ noun:  (figurative, often humorous) The preeminence of an incumbent or institution other than that of the rulers of China.



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