Mandate_Vs_Equality

Mandate Vs Equality The Han Chinese and the Romans had two different views on who could control the empires that they created. The Han Chinese believed that heaven appoints the leader, while the Romans believed in a more democratic system of choosing a leader. The Han Chinese’s ruler, also called an Emperor, was appointed by a “Mandate of Heaven.” As stated by Han Wendi, “I have heard that heaven instills rulers to govern the people it creates and that it will warn a ruler with natural disasters if he lost virtue or if his rule has become unjust.” (94) The Han Chinese also believed that the heavens tell the ruler what he should and should not do. “Now Qin, for the first time, had unified all under heaven and instructions were given to the Chief han, romans, heaven, chinese, believed, ruler, government, control, under, two, should, republic, person, people, one, much, mandate, leader, ideas, great, form, while, wendi, warn, virtue, views, unjust, unified, titles, time, themselves, tell, taken, system, stated