Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On May 20, 6:17 pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 20, 4:39 pm, "Albert K. Fung" <akwf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > It was Mencius during the classical period of ancient China,
> > who advanced that salient political concept of the Con****ian
> > school, mandate of heaven. as the moral force for retraining
> > the imperial power of the Middle Kingdom's monarchs.
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> > Calamities were deemed expressions of divine displeasure.
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> > And, it was the duty of the imperial astrologer to interpret
> > and reveal the divine narrative. The ruler must find ways to
> > placate the divine fury by redressing injustices perpetrated
> > against the people. He was answerable to a higher power, and
> > must rule in accordance with Dao: $BXfG70J<#B'5H!$XfG70JP,B'6'(B
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> > CCP must take heed ....
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> In believing in superstitions? none sense

Interpreting weather patterns and earth movements to directly reflect
divine opinion is silly. It's a lot more complicated than that.