How are the dynastic cycle and the Mandate of Heaven related in classical China? *
Emperors used the Mandate of Heaven to organize the dynastic cycle.
When emperors lost the Mandate of Heaven, they were towards the end of the
dynastic cycle.
The dynastic cycle described the Mandate of Heaven.
Emperors had to have the Mandate of Heaven in order to participate in the dynastic
cycle.

According to this theory, each dynasty in Chinese history, rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven, and falls, only to be replaced by a new dynasty. The cycle then repeats under a surface pattern of repetitive motifs.

c. the king has significantly abused the colonists' rights many times over a long period of time.