HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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the Emperor
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the King of Kings
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the Son of Heaven
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the Zhou
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Heaven’s command’) is a Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China . According to this doctrine, heaven (, Tian) bestows its mandate on a just ruler of China (the “Son of Heaven").
Detailed explanation-2: -When the Qin state emerged victorious from the Warring States period in 221 BCE, the state’s leader, King Zheng, claimed the Mandate of Heaven and established the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty was one of the shortest in all of Chinese history, lasting only about 15 years, but it was also one of the most important.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods. They used this Mandate to justify their overthrow of the Shang, and their subsequent rule.