Mandate of Heaven

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
political doctrine
gptkbp:adoptedBy various Chinese dynasties
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Korean_monarchy
Japanese monarchy (in limited form)
Vietnamese monarchy
gptkbp:category gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Chinese_history
political legitimacy
gptkbp:contrastsWith divine right of kings
gptkbp:criteriaForRule virtue and moral conduct
gptkbp:firstUsedDuring gptkb:Zhou_dynasty
gptkbp:hasChineseName 天命 (Tiānmìng)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mandate of Heaven
gptkbp:influenced Confucian political thought
East Asian political philosophy
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:lossOfMandateIndicatedBy gptkb:dam
corruption
natural disasters
peasant uprisings
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:ancient_China
gptkbp:relatedTo dynastic cycle
gptkbp:state heaven can withdraw the right to rule
heaven grants emperors the right to rule
gptkbp:usedToJustify rule of Chinese emperors
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Emperor_of_Japan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4