The Mandate of Heaven (Chinese: 天命; pinyin: Tiānmìng; Wade–Giles: T'ien-ming, literally "Heaven's will") is a Chinese political and religious teaching that was used in ancient and imperial China to justify the rule of the King or Emperor of China. According to this belief, Heaven (天, Tian) — which embodies the natural order and will of the universe — bestows the mandate on a just ruler of China, the "Son of Heaven" of the "Celestial Empire". If a ruler was overthrown, this was interpreted as an indication that the ruler was unworthy, and had lost the mandate. It was also a common belief that natural disasters such as famine and flood were divine retributions bearing signs of Heaven's displeasure with the ruler, so there would often be revolts following major disasters as the people saw these calamities as signs that the Mandate of Heaven had been withdrawn.
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Do they still feel this way about the Mandate of Heaven, or have they become too modern and secular?
Ancient and imperial China didn’t have Xi’s surveillance technology, and seldom had his madness and brutality.
When Chairman Mao died there was a big earthquake—people saw this as a sign to not support Mao’s wife. State when more Capitalist after that. Now this might mean the Gods do not like the way the CCP is running things—Like in Wuhan and Hong Hong. Sign for revolt to return China to a new path. It is nothing short of the right to rebel. We have the same thing in the Declaration of Independence.
>Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven.<
Mao stepped on it.