The Mandate of Heaven is a key political concept in ancient China.

Evidence

The Zhou were the first to formalize the idea of the ‘Mandate of Heaven’, the Chinese notion that heaven blesses and sustains the authority of a just ruler. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 399

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 399
• XREF: connects to: Heaven in early China was an omniscient moralizing god from the Shang onward