Any such mandate or blessing.
The Chinese philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule. Good rulers would be allowed to rule with the Mandate of heaven, and despotic, unjust rulers would have the Mandate revoked by disasters or revolution.
The philosophical construct that is the basis of the authority of the Son of Heaven.
The Christian doctrine that monarchs have a God-given right to rule, that they are answerable only to God, and that rebellion is sinful.