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4/28/15
Prof. Michelle Bauchman
SB110 B World Civilization
would succeed and the fall of the dynasty would be complete. This process has been named the
Dynastic Cycle because every Chinese dynasty that has risen has followed this same exact
pattern. (The Heritage of World Civilizations, 233)
The Mandate of Heaven allowed an Emperor to rule because he had been given direct
orders from God himself. People recognized this right to rule as common place but it did not
allow the ruler to do anything he wanted. In order for him to maintain his right has Emperor, he
had to keep his people happy and make sure they lead good and healthy lives. If these conditions
were not met, the people held the right to over through the government and constitute a new one
in its place.
These days, in our modern government, our president, officials, and representatives do
not maintain a Mandate of Heaven and are right to do so. This type of thinking would defiantly
not work as it was originally intended for today. If someone stepped up and proclaimed that God
had spoken to him and said that he has the right to be President, almost everyone in our modern
day culture would just ignore him and treat him as a religious fanatic. If this were ever to happen,
the media would, of course, leech out story after story about this person claiming to be ruler, but
it would not go beyond the seriousness of media coverage. This just does not happen in todays
society and most likely, God would not choose a prophet to proclaim he is now ruler of the
United States or any other government for that reason.
In conclusion, every Chinese dynasty has a certain cycle that it would follow, the rise of
the empire, the overspending, the rebellions, and finally the fall. These Emperors believed that
they had been chosen by God to rule over the people, known as The Mandate of Heaven. This
methodology would not work in todays society.