受命乎天 shòu mìng hū tiān

shòu mìng hū tiān phrase the mandate is received from Heaven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Scroll 13, Chapter 56 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Chan 1963, p. 280)