天人感应
tiān​rén​gǎn​yìng

interactions between heaven and mankind

  • created sense approved 天人感应/天人感應 · tiān​rén​gǎn​yìng · interactions between heaven and mankind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天人感应 / 天人感應

    tiān​rén​gǎn​yìng

    interactions between heaven and mankind

    A Han Dynasty philosophical doctrine proposing that human actions and heavenly events are interconnected; it suggests that natural wonders or disasters are signals of heaven's approval or disapproval of human conduct.

    天人 (literal) → 天人 · tiān​rén · nature and humanity 感应 (literal) → 感应/感應 · gǎn​yìng · response

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