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The Mandate of Heaven allowed rulers to govern only if they were just and moral. true or false

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True.

The Mandate of Heaven was a Chinese political-religious doctrine that held a ruler's right to govern depended on their virtue and moral conduct; loss of justice or virtue (often signaled by disasters, rebellions, or famine) meant the mandate could be withdrawn and rulers could be legitimately replaced.