The chief treatise on government in the Han era, the Huainan zi, characterized the emperor as:
a. The first among equal regional administrators.
b. A leader who was responsible to the people who had elected him.
c. An intermediary between heaven, humankind, and earth.
d. A philosopher whose primary duty was to produce a poem every year.
c. An intermediary between heaven, humankind, and earth.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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What will be an ideal response?
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