The Shujing (Classic of History) — one of the Five Confucian Classics, containing purported speeches and documents of ancient Chinese kings and ministers, providing normative models of wise rule.
Establishes the Mandate of Heaven (Tianming) as the basis of political legitimacy — Heaven grants rule to the virtuous and withdraws it from the wicked. Provides the narrative and vocabulary for legitimate Chinese political authority for millennia.
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