Mandate of Heaven - the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
dynasty - a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
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The answer is reason.
Philosophers of the Enlightenment believed that answer can be found
through reasoning. There were two types
of reasoning during that time. You have
rationalism that relies on deduction and Empiricism which deals with
experience. It took root due to the liberal atmosphere at the time.