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Mandate of Heaven, a Rare card
The Mandate of Heaven is a Chinese political doctrine that was used in Ancient China and Imperial China to legitimize the rule of the king or emperor of China.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Mandate of Heaven quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mandate of Heaven card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
If a ruler was overthrown, this was interpreted as an ______ that the ruler and his dynasty were unworthy and had lost the Mandate.
Answer
indication. If a ruler was overthrown, this was interpreted as an indication that the ruler and his dynasty were unworthy and had lost the Mandate. From the Mandate of Heaven article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Classical antiquity. Classical antiquity 480,000 · Mandate of Heaven 230,000 · Battle of Berestechko 22,000 · Margherita Hack 16,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- According to this doctrine, Heaven bestows its mandate on a virtuous ruler, called the Son of Heaven, who is the supreme universal monarch that will rule the world.
- If a ruler was overthrown, this was interpreted as an indication that the ruler and his dynasty were unworthy and had lost the Mandate.
- It was also a common belief that natural disasters such as famine and flood were divine retributions bearing signs of Heaven's displeasure with the ruler, so there would often be revolts following major disasters as the people saw these calamities as signs that the Mandate of Heaven had been withdrawn.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mandate of Heaven article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Mandate of Heaven
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mandate of Heaven (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peenwald, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
