An idea from Mencius

A king can’t give his realm away. Heaven decides, and Heaven doesn’t speak. When the old king died, the lords, the people with lawsuits, and the singers all went to Shun instead of the king’s son. “Heaven sees as my people see, Heaven hears as my people hear.”

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