天命 tiānmìng

tiānmìng proper noun tianming; Mandate of Heaven
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: Confucianism
Notes: A concept in Confucian thought that legitimizes the ruler and the taking over of one dynasty by another (Yao 2000, p. 144)

Also contained in

天命真主天命有归天命成败听天命五十而知天命

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 5 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 18
  • Scroll 23 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 9
  • Scroll 8 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 6
  • Scroll 24 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 4 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 28 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Discussion on Original Nature 原人論 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 3
  • Scroll 39 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 3 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 天命终 (天命終) 其諸眾生從天命終還生天上者亦如是 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 41
  • 承天命 (承天命) 作是教已敬承天命 — Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 知天命 (知天命) 知天命 — Long Shu Zeng Guang Jing Tu Wen 龍舒增廣淨土文, Scroll 9 — count: 6
  • 天命之谓 (天命之謂) 思中庸天命之謂性率性之謂道修道之謂教 — Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄, Scroll 32 — count: 5
  • 受天命 (受天命) 既受天命略定西北諸國 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 22 — count: 5
  • 曰天命 (曰天命) 雖曰天命 — Long Shu Zeng Guang Jing Tu Wen 龍舒增廣淨土文, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 畏天命 (畏天命) 畏天命畏大人畏聖人之言 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 38 — count: 4
  • 天命不可 (天命不可) 天命不可易 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 39 — count: 3
  • 天命终生 (天命終生) 從天命終生欝單曰 — Saṅghāṭīsūtradharmaparyāya (Sanghata Sutra) 僧伽吒經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 不知天命 (不知天命) 汝不知天命 — Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論, Scroll 14 — count: 3