Final answer:
King Lui, or Liu Bang, seems to have leveraged supernatural events to suggest he had the Mandate of Heaven despite his common origins, suggesting he may have misused it to legitimize his rule.
Step-by-step explanation:
Based on the provided passage, the statements about King Lui, or Liu Bang, indicate that Liu Bang used stories of supernatural events to validate his rule, implying that he may have used the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to overcome the social gap between his common heritage and the aristocratic expectations of his time. Based on this information, the statement that Liu Bang misused the Mandate of Heaven (c. King Lui misused the mandate of heaven) would likely be true. Liu Bang was the founder of the Han Dynasty, which means options b and d (King Lui was a ruler of the Xia dynasty and King Lui was a ruler of the Qin dynasty, respectively) are not accurate. Options a and e (King Lui followed Confucian ideals and King Lui was a believer in feudalism) do not have direct support from the passages provided.