Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- 呼召
- Transliteration
- hūzhào
- Rejected alternatives
- 天命, 命运
Calling
NEVER use 天命 (tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven) alone for the noun form — it carries a specific, loaded political-theological history (the basis for imperial legitimacy in classical Chinese political thought) that turns a personal divine summons into an impersonal cosmic entitlement.
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