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This is AP WORLD HISTORY QUESTION: How did early Chinese rulers use religion to justify and strengthen their power?
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This is AP WORLD HISTORY QUESTION: How did early Chinese rulers use religion to justify and strengthen their power?

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Chinese rulers claimed they had the "Mandate of Heaven" which gives them the ability to rule over China.  Even earlier rulers claimed that they were a god in the flesh or a descendant of one.
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