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2007-06-09 09:30:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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Empires are born, grow, mature, and then die, simply put.

Or as in China it is stated:

According to Chinese political theory, every dynasty goes through a dynastic cycle:

1-A new ruler unites China and founds a new dynasty.
China, under the new dynasty, achieves prosperity and a new golden age.
2-The royal family of the dynasty begins to decay, corruption becomes rampant in the imperial court, and the empire begins to enter decline and instability.
3-The dynasty loses the Mandate of Heaven, their legitimacy to rule, and is overthrown by a rebellion.
4-The Mandate of Heaven is then passed to the next dynasty. This process then starts over.

2007-06-09 09:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by John B 7 · 1 0

Why argue with Wikipedia's take, this is so well written that I resort to cut & paste rather than wasting time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynastic_cycle
""""Dynastic cycle
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According to Chinese political theory, every dynasty goes through a dynastic cycle:

A new ruler unites China and founds a new dynasty.
China, under the new dynasty, achieves prosperity and a new golden age.
The royal family of the dynasty begins to decay, corruption becomes rampant in the imperial court, and the empire begins to enter decline and instability.
The dynasty loses the Mandate of Heaven, their legitimacy to rule, and is overthrown by a rebellion. The Mandate of Heaven is then passed to the next dynasty. This process then starts over.
Chinese historians connected the cycle to the five elements of Chinese philosophy, with each dynasty identified with a specific element.

Further reading
Chu, C. Y. C., and R. D. Lee. (1994) Famine, Revolt, and the Dynastic Cycle: Population Dynamics in Historic China. Journal of Population Economics 7: 351-378.
Korotayev, A., Malkov, A., & Khaltourina, D. (2006) Introduction to Social Macrodynamics: Secular Cycles and Millennial Trends. Moscow: URSS [1].
Nefedov, S. A. 2004. A Model of Demographic Cycles in Traditional Societies: The Case of Ancient China. Social Evolution & History 3(1): 69–80. """

Peace

2007-06-09 09:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0 1

Demothenes ^ has an marvelous component. C isn't the respond. Dynasties may well be surpassed on from father to son and generally it would be surpassed directly to a women. Dynasties might bypass from being extremely prosperous, positive and then fail depressing for a pair generations considering the fact that the form new rulers sucked. It was once a comfortable cycle, basically marvelous, undesirable.

2016-11-09 22:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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