WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to this idea, there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and this ruler reigned as the “Son of Heaven ‘’ with the approval of the gods. If a king ruled unfairly he could lose this approval, which would result in his downfall.

Detailed explanation-2: -The dynastic cycle is used to describe a pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China. The Mandate of Heaven is an important part of this. It is the right bestowed by the gods to rule over China. It gives the ruler religious power, or the gods-given right to rule, over the people in China.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mandate of Heaven was the belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god or divine force known as Heaven or Sky. The emperor had absolute power but also a responsibility to rule for the good of his people.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mandate of Heaven was often invoked by philosophers and scholars in China as a way to curtail the abuse of power by the ruler, in a system that had few other checks.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Shang Dynasty ended in about 1050 BCE, when conquerors from the state of Zhou invaded the capital and successfully toppled the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou conquerors claimed to overthrow the Shang Dynasty for moral reasons. They said that the Shang king was evil and that heaven no longer wanted him to rule.