Zenjohoubatsu - Zenjohoubatsu

Japanese: 禅譲放伐 - ぜんじょうほうばつ

A Confucian term referring to the form of succession of dynasties in China. The peaceful transfer of power to a virtuous person believed to have received the mandate of heaven was abdication, while the seizing of power by force was called fōbō. The succession of Yao, Shun, and Yu is called abdication, while the succession of Xia, Yin, and Zhou is called fōbō. When the power of the aristocracy grew strong during the time of Wang Mang, the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Confucian theory of the change of surname led to the transfer of power being carried out in the form of abdication on the surface, regardless of the actual circumstances.
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Japanese:

中国で王朝交代の形式をいう儒教の用語。天命を受けたとされる有徳者に平和的に政権を譲り渡すのが禅譲，武力に訴えて政権を奪取するのが放伐である。尭(ぎょう)・舜(しゅん)・禹(う)の交替は禅譲，夏・殷(いん)・周の交替は放伐とされる。王莽(おうもう)の時代や魏晋・南北朝に貴族権力が強大になると，儒教の易姓革命説によって，政権の授受は内実はともかく，表面的には禅譲の形式がとられた。
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