Mandate of Heaven (disambiguation)
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Mandate of Heaven can refer to:
- Mandate of HeavenMandate of HeavenThe Mandate of Heaven is a traditional Chinese philosophical concept concerning the legitimacy of rulers. It is similar to the European concept of the divine right of kings, in that both sought to legitimaze rule from divine approval; however, unlike the divine right of kings, the Mandate of...
, a historical concept in Chinese history - The Mandate of Heaven: Record of a Civil War, China 1945–49 by John F. MelbyJohn F. MelbyJohn Fremont Melby was a United States diplomat, who served in Russia from 1943 to 1945 and in China from 1945 to 1948. He held other State Department positions until 1953, when he was dismissed as a security risk because of his long and intimate association with the playwright Lillian Hellman,...
- The Mandate of Heaven: Hidden History in the I Ching by S.J. Marshall, a study of the overthrow of the Shang Dynasty and the I ChingI ChingThe I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...
- Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of HeavenMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of HeavenMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven, commonly abbreviated to Might and Magic VI or simply MM6, is a role-playing video game developed by New World Computing and published by 3DO in 1998...
, a computer game