From: jamesrau@skylinktv.net   
      
   On 2 Nov 2005 09:44:03 -0800, eglamkowski@angelfire.com wrote:   
      
   >I was wondering if there is any estimate as to when and where the first   
   >reference occurred in Chinese mythology to the heavens being ordered as   
   >a bureaucracy.   
      
   Confucius (551 B.C. - 479 B.C.) comes to mind, but it was the Ch'in   
   dynasty (221 B.C.) that really pushed the the concept of the "mandate   
   of heaven".   
      
   James Rau   
      
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