Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Since the beginning of China’s history, like most other nation states it has wrestled with the Mandate of Heaven and Mandates of Earth. Over three thousand years ago, the battle-hardened Zhou people of China overthrew the Shang. To justify their rebellion and to promote their legitimacy to govern, The Zhou Dynasty promoted the Mandate of Heaven, or the divine right to rule. The Mandate of Heaven proclaimed the Shang king had been so cruel and ruthless that the gods were displeased and therefore, sent ruin on him. The gods now divinely supported the Zhou Dynasty, who “treated the multitudes of the people well.” During the Zhou Dynasty,…
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