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“Heaven is high, and the emperor far away.”-Chinese sayingThis saying refers to a time when . . .
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peasants lived in small villages that managed their own affairs.
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several powerful warriors united large parts of China.
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the feet of young girls were bound with long strips of cloth.
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merchants in China had an even lower social status than peasants.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Shan gao, huangdi yuan-“The mountains are high, and the emperor is far away.” This traditional Chinese saying alludes to local officials’ tendency to disregard the wishes of central authorities in distant Beijing.
Detailed explanation-2: -tianming, Wade-Giles romanization t’ien ming (Chinese: “mandate of heaven”), in Chinese Confucian thought, the notion that heaven (tian) conferred directly upon an emperor, the son of heaven (tianzi), the right to rule. The doctrine had its beginnings in the early Zhou dynasty (c.
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