WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods. They used this Mandate to justify their overthrow of the Shang, and their subsequent rule.

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).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Mandate of Heaven is a philosophical concept in Chinese cosmology, a complete set of spiritual and moral beliefs, that legitimized the rule of Chinese dynasties regarding the emperor as the Son of Heaven. It was established by the Duke of Zhou as his brother overthrew the Shang Dynasty and began the Zhou Dynasty.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Mandate of Heaven’ or Tianming The Mandate of Heaven is an Asian variation of the European principle of the ‘divine right of kings’. As in medieval Europe, ancient Egypt and other civilisations, emperors claimed their authority to rule and to govern was bestowed of them by the gods.