Chinese Theocracy: Difference between revisions

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|title = [[File:Chine.png]] Chinese Theocracy

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|caption = "Mandated by Heaven; Live long and prosper." (受命於天，既壽永昌)

[[File:UnimonConfucianism.png]] [[Universal Monarchism]] {{PHB|Confucianism}}<br>

[[File:ImpLegalism.png]] [[Imperialism]]{{PHB|Legalism}} <br>

[[File:MeritPagTheo.png]] [[MeritocracyPagan Theocracy|Shamanism]] <br>

[[File:PagTheoImp.png]] [[Pagan TheocracyImperialism]] (some)<br>

|influenced =[[File:Shinto TheocracyIsolationist.png]] [[State ShintoIsolationism]] (some)<br>

[[File:AntaoMerit.png]] [[Taoist AnarchismMeritocracy]]<br>}}

== History ==

According to the Chinese Folk Religion, the ideology would have started with the Heavenly Sovereign but secularly it would have started with the unification of China by the emperor Qin Shi Huang where the title of son of heaven and the mandate of heaven system started. Chinese Theocracy would be the ideology of China for 2133 years (more or less) until 1912 wherewhen the emperor resigned and [[File: 3princ-col.png]] [[Tridemism]] took over. While people in China and some other countries still believe in the religion, nowadays the theocracy hasn't been very relevant.

== Beliefs ==

* Tian (天): The concept of Heaven

* Ling (灵): The inchoate order of creation, that is the "medium" of the bivalency constituted by the opposite forces of the universe (Yin and Yang)

* Ying and Yang (阴阳): It's a concept of dualism, describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another

* Ming Yun (命运): The concept of the personal life and destiny

* Bao Ying (报应): The concept of cosmic and moral reciprocity 

* Shen (神): Gods and Spirits that are intimately involved in the affairs of the world

* Xian Ling (显灵): theThe notion of a numinous, sacred presence of a god or gods

* Yuanfen (缘分): Destiny, luck as conditioned by one's past

* Wu (悟): The concept of awareness, consciousness, or spiritual enlightenment

* Mandate of Heaven (天命): Heaven has given the emperor the right to rule but can lose it if he over -taxes civilians, stops protecting the people, lets infrastructure decay, and treats people unfairly.

== Variants ==

=== [[fileFile:Benzhuism.png]] Benzhuism ===

=== [[fileFile:Mo.png]] Moism Mohism===

=== [[fileFile:KoreanShaman.png]] Korean Shamanism ===

=== [[fileFile:VietFolk.png]] Vietnamese Theocracy ===

== Personality and Behavior ==

* He is very calm, generous, and wise but don't get on his bad side or he will go bonkers, whenever he does he usually tries to calm himself eventually, fearing what the gods will do to him.

* He is seen praying to Chinese gods for help on adventures and guidance.

* He likes and hangs out with his good friend [[File: Bud.png]] [[Buddhist Theocracy]].

* He has a dislike for other Chinese ideologies and doesn't interact with them much.

== How to Draw ==

# Draw a ball.

# Fill the top half of the ball with white.

# Draw the bottom half of the ball with a light shade of black.

# Then draw a stylized 禄 lù symbol in the middle of the ball.

# Color the top half of the symbol in light black and draw the bottom half in white.

# Draw eyes and you're done!

== Relationships ==

=== Friends ===

* [[File: Bud.png]] [[Buddhist Theocracy]] - We go way back, and you were an invaluable trade partner in the Silk Road (絲綢之路).

*[[File:Technocracy.png]] [[Technocracy]] - Hey kid, want to take my civil servant test? <s>Please don't lose it and claim you're the Chinese Jesus like that last guy.</s>

*[[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism]] - There is one Son of Heaven who is entitled to rule until heavenHeaven says "ok fuck you time for someone else".

*[[File:UnimonAbmon.png]] [[UniversalAbsolute Monarchism]] - AllDo undernot Heavenquestion rightfullythe belongsMandate toof the Emperor!Heaven.

*[[File:Sikhmini.png]] [[Sikh Theocracy]] - We're both very like -minded.

*[[File:Nooc.png]] [[Noocracy]] and [[File:Enlightmon.png]] [[Enlightened Absolutism]] - Rule of the merited!

* [[File:Zoroastrian_Theocracy.png]] [[Zoroastrian Theocracy]] - Great friend and trading partner! The Tang Dynasty gave asylum to the House of Sasan.

* [[File:Caesar.png]] [[Caesarism]] - I'm honestly impressed by your Civilisation, now let's do some trading!

=== Frenemies: ===

* [[File: Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy]] - Another cool theocracy, but did you really have to rebel against me?

* [[File: Dengfantao.png]] [[DengismTaoist Anarchism]] - I'mYou gladrespect you seem to care aboutancient Chinese traditions, but howyour muchlack of thisa is legit and how much of thisstate is virtue-signalling? But your mandate is solid (for now)revolting.

*[[File:YuanShikai.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Yuan Shikai Thought]] - Thanks for defending my legacy. But you quickly lost your mandateMandate and indirectly caused yet another warlord era.

=== Enemies: ===

*[[File:FeudEastern Feudalism.png]] [[Feudalism]] - I tried to like you. Like 10 times. It didn't work and I fell apart and became agar.io. 0/10, will never try again.

*[[File:MercCorp.png]] [[MercantilismCorporatocracy]] - Drug dealer, go find [[File:Soul.png]] [[Soulism|someone else]].

*[[File: 3princ-col.png]] [[Tridemism]] - I probably lost my mandate, but you didn't have to abolish the monarchy and theocracy... (Although [[File:YuanShikai.png]] Yuan Shi-kai managed to revive theocracy for a very brief time tho). You lost your mandate too and were replaced by [[fileFile:Mao.png]] him.

*[[File: Mao.png]] [[Maoism]] - Pfft... anyone can have power these days no matter how despotic they are. That's why you lost your mandateMandate and [[File:Dengf.png]] he replaced you.

*[[File: Annil.png]] [[Anarcho-Nihilism]] - No state or religion? Heathens.

*[[File:Klep.png]] [[Kleptocracy]]. [[File:Kak.png]] [[Kakistocracy]] and [[File:Totalitarian.png]] [[Totalitarianism]] - BothAll of you lost your mandatemandates, all of you beingyour replacedoverthrowal is inevitable.

== Further Information ==

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