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• 《詩·小雅》豈弟君子，民之父母。The Book of Poetry, 詩經 shījǐng, describes the king as the father and mother of the people. The king is the steward of 天 tiān God.
• https://bibleresources.info/why-was-god-never-called-father-in-the-old-testament-he-is-called-father-in-the-new-testament-kenya/

If the entire nation is one family, then there would seem to need to be a head of family. If the people of a country conceive of the ruler of that country as having received his/her authority directly from a god, then the authority of the institution of government of that country is supported by the authority of its institution of religion.

• Divine rights of kings. The king as head of the nation as family can be claimed to rule because of having been chosen for that role by God.
• The emperor of Japan is understood to be the direct descendant of the solar goddess Amaterasu.
• The king, and later the emperor, of China was understand to have the conditional authority of God to rule the people as God's steward.

Discussion on early historical developments

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