Concept
Mandate of Heaven
Overview
political and religious doctrine of the Emperor of China
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As might be expected, we find that, having a common origin and like general functions, these several controlling agencies act during each era with similar degrees of vigour. Under the Chinese despotism, stringent and multitudinous in its edicts and harsh in the enforcement of them, and associated with which there is an equally stern domestic despotism exercised by the eldest surviving male of the family, there…
Herbert Spencer, Essays on education and kindred subjects
Close in meaning to Mandate of Heaven; the term itself is not named.
In order to understand the international position of China, some facts concerning its nineteenth-century history are indispensable. China was for many ages the supreme empire of the Far East, embracing a vast and fertile area, inhabited by an industrious and civilized people. Aristocracy, in our sense of the word, came to an end before the beginning of the Christian era, and government was in the hands of officials…
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China
Close in meaning to Mandate of Heaven; the term itself is not named.
In January 1920 the Peking government issued an edict proclaiming the unification of China. On May 5th Sun Yat Sen was formally inaugurated in Canton as president of all China. Thus China has within six months been twice unified, once from the northern standpoint and once from the southern.
John Dewey, China, Japan and the U.S.A.
Close in meaning to Mandate of Heaven; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Mandate of Heaven
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Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Ancient history.