Mandate of Heaven, or Tianming in pinyin, traditional Chinese philosophical concept concerning the legitimacy of rulers
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In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the ceremony generally began with the Emperor offering prayers to Heaven, from which, according to the imperial state theology, the Emperor derives his mandate to rule.