The Mandate Of Heaven & Oracle bones
The Mandate of Heaven claims that heaven (god) would bless the authority of a just ruler for the land,but would be displeased with with a despotic ruler and would withdraw its mandate,leading to the overthrow of that ruler.If chaos or a natural disaster occurred then the people believed that god was displeased with the ruler and a more deserving candidate should be chosen.
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The oldest inscriptions that are recognized undoubtably as Chinese date from about 1200 BC and were found in Anyang, the capital of the Shang Dynasty . " The oracle bones were used for divination, a process which involved inscribing a question with a bronze pin, then heating the bones and inspecting the resulting cracks to divine answers to one's questions." The oracle bones also enabled the chinese to communicate with the spirit world. Many of the questions concerned hunting, wars, the weather and "the selection of auspicious days to hold a ceremony".This hows us that writing was a part of their beliefs and religion.
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