In china, early rulers followed what, thinking of themselves as fathers to the people?

The early rulers of China followed the thinking of themselves being the father of the subjects, which were often called his children.

Emperors of China were also sometimes considered to be the monarch, or butterfly, and the subjects to be his children, yeah, no larvae, but children lol.

I hope this helps, if it does maybe mark brainliest, thank you :)

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