wipe out

"The emperor of the country where the sun rises will send a messenger to the emperor of the country where the sun goes down."
　
This sovereign message.
　
"日出処天子致書日没処天子"
　
It was written this way.　
　
日出処天子/The emperor of the country where the sun rises　
日没処天子/the emperor of the country where the sun goes down
　
(日/the sun)(出/rises)(処/where)(天子/The emperor of the country)
(日/the sun)(没/goes down)(処/where)(天子/the emperor of the country)

It is such correspondence.
Yes，in this case，"the emperor" is "天子".
(Modern Japanese pronunciation of this word is "ten-shi".)　
　
　
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"天子"

Today，literal translation of this name is a "child of heaven".
This name seems to have been name used to refer to king of Zhou dynasty originally.

"天 ≠ God・Heaven"
This might have been that way at that time.

"The king is a man who were selected from existence beyond the human intellect."
　
But this feeling is probably already existed.
This is several hundred years earlier than era of Confucius.　
　
By the way，this name might have been used from more previously.
Because the Yin dynasty seems to have been theocracy.
　
Although、there is one problem here.
Characters of the Yin Dynasty end have been found in large quantities already.
These characters had been inscribed on animal bones.
But character of 天子 is not there.
　
Character of 天子 of the oldest existing.　
It is on inscription of the Zhou Dynasty early.
(Maybe，it is inscribed on bronze.)　


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Although this is rely my memory only.
　　
Words related to 天.
Confucius is not actively using it in "the Analects". (論語)
　
Word of 天子.　
This may be nil.

At least，it does not remain in my impression.
(Incidentally，I read the Analects of Confucius in a hurry only once.)
 　
天　・　天子　・　天下/Under heaven≒World　・　堯舜/Yao and Shun

By contrast，those words are everywhere in "the Book of Mencius". (孟子)
And Yao and Shun has been described as 天子 in this book.
　
Note：To say the rough.
”The Analects” is a book that collected the words of Confucius and his disciples.
”The Book of Mencius” is a book that collected the words of Mencius and his disciples.
　
　
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I remembered episode about 天 in the Analects here.
　
There was the beloved disciple to Confucius.
His name is "Yan Hui".（顔回）
But he died earlier than Confucius.
　
"天 will wipe out me."　

At this time, Confucius lamented so.