SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mandate of Heaven was the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time. The ruler’s power was bestowed upon the emperor by the blessing of the gods. An important part of the Mandate held that the emperor would use his power for good.

Detailed explanation-2: -tianming, Wade-Giles romanization t’ien ming (Chinese: “mandate of heaven”), in Chinese Confucian thought, the notion that heaven (tian) conferred directly upon an emperor, the son of heaven (tianzi), the right to rule. The doctrine had its beginnings in the early Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–256 bce).