It was justified through the Mandate of heaven. Basically. It was thought that only one legitimate ruler could be the ruler of china. And whoever that one ruler was, he was blessed with godlike powers.
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C. The idea that many forces are the cause of a particular human
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I think the best answer would be D. motif.
Archetype is a very typical example of something, such as Hitler could be an archetype of evil. In a story-telling, archetype is a recurrent symbol or motif such as a typical good person or a typical bad person.