Outline the mandate of heaven, confucianism, buddhism, and
taoism and evaluate its influence on china

answer:

the mandate of heaven (tianming), also known as heaven’s mandate, was the divine source of authority and the right to rule of china’s early kings and emperors. the ancient god or divine force known as heaven or sky had selected this particular individual to rule on its behalf on earth. an important element of the mandate was that although the ruler had been given great power he also had a moral obligation to use it for the good of his people, if he did not then his state would suffer terrible disasters and he would lose the right to govern.

the philosopher confucius (or kongzi, c. 551 to c. 479 bce) is the recognized founder of confucianism, also referred to as the ru-jia doctrine or school of literati as it is known by western scholars. originally, confucianism was composed of a set of political and moral doctrines with the teachings of confucius as its basis. later on, the teachings of mencius (meng zi) and xunzi (xun zi) also became part of confucianism. the word confucianism seems to be the creation of european christians who entered china about 1860 ce and was originally used to label their notion of the non-christian religions they came across in china.

taoism (also known as daoism) is a chinese philosophy attributed to lao tzu (c. 500 bce) which contributed to the folk religion of the people primarily in the rural areas of china and became the official religion of the country under the tang dynasty. taoism is therefore both a philosophy and a religion. it emphasizes doing what is natural and "going with the flow" in accordance with the tao (or dao), a cosmic force which flows through all things and binds and releases them.

explanation:

mandate of heaven influenced china by letting leaders in china to thrive to earn mandate of heaven and to unify china.

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escalation means to increase in intensity, extent, or amount.