I have three choices...please tell me which is the best answer.
A. The gods grant favors to societies that obey their laws, but punish societies that disobey them.
B. A ruler is good to the extent that his subjects are living fulfilling and successful lives.
C, A ruler has the approval of heaven (T’ien) only if the people are satisfied.
2006-12-14 07:35:22 · 6 answers · asked by Andrea F 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
C. I learned that in my modern Chinese history class. It basically is the Confucian answer to Divine Right.
2006-12-14 07:38:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
C
A would be an ignorant statement.
B... i dont know.
But the "Mandate of Heaven" during the Chinese Dynastic period was a law that allowed any potential Dynasty to overthrow the last with Divine authority from the gods.
2006-12-14 07:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Doug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is an interest, no longer a element (alongside with a individual) that judges. in any case, one element that separates faith from philosophy is that faith, as an employer, demands of it incredibly is followers an assumption previously an study.
2016-10-05 07:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confucianism is an atheistic sect, no god no heaven.
Jesus is the truth, the way and the life!
"Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One"
(Shema Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai ehad)
2006-12-14 07:37:58 · answer #4 · answered by St. Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C
mandate of heavan they believed to be god approving of a ruler. when bad times came, they found a new ruler. they said if bad times came, god didnt approve of the ruler.
2006-12-14 07:38:50 · answer #5 · answered by _peaches_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c
2006-12-14 07:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by CPT Hiding 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋