HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Legalism
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Confucianism
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Buddhism
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Mandate of Heaven
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “Mandate of Heaven” is an ancient Chinese philosophical concept, which originated during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE). The Mandate determines whether an emperor of China is sufficiently virtuous to rule; if he does not fulfil his obligations as emperor, then he loses the Mandate and thus the right to be emperor.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Emperor Wu of the Zhou was the first ruler to legitimize his reign through the concept of the Mandate of Heaven.
Detailed explanation-4: -Heaven grants the emperor the right to rule, Since there is only one Heaven, there can only be one emperor at any given time, The emperor’s virtue determines his right to rule, and, No one dynasty has a permanent right to rule.