Ep. 49 | How ancient Chinese rulers were chosen: the Mandate of Heaven | 天命

When the first king of the Zhou Dynasty overthrew the Shang Dynasty king in 1046 BCE, he needed to legitimise his claim to the throne. He had to tell the people why he had taken the throne from someone else.

Enter ancient China’s everlasting ideology, the Mandate of Heaven.

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