@article{ART002957117},
author={Jongwoo Yi},
title={The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2023},
number={55},
pages={289-312}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jongwoo Yi
TI - The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2023
VL - null
IS - 55
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 289
EP - 312
SN - 1229-8387
AB - Matteo Ricci claimed the Lord of Heaven’s having bestowed humans a free choice between good and evil, and the responsibility for the free choice means the Lord of Heaven’s reward and punishment: sending good souls to heaven or evil souls to hell. The choice means based on human free will and it was influenced by Thomas Aquinas. Ricci claimed that good souls will live in Heaven after their death, whereas evil souls will live in Hell forever after their death. Ricci regarded it as supplement to Confucianism. Because Ricci considered the Lord of Heaven in Catholicism and Shangdi in Confucian classic books as the same. However, this was not mentioned heaven and hell in Confucian classics. Unlike the claim of Ricci, the Chinese scholar believed that good and evil actions are regardless of human will, and good emerges from original human mind. Thus, humans should have good mind. He argued that humans have also taken the responsibility for their good and evil actions in this life, not taking responsibility after their death. This is different from the claim of Ricci.
KW - Catholicism;Confucianism;Thomas Aquinas;the Lord of Heaven;Reward and Punishment;Good and Evil
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Jongwoo Yi. (2023). The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 55, 289-312.

Jongwoo Yi. 2023, "The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.55, pp.289-312.

Jongwoo Yi "The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 55 pp.289-312 (2023) : 289.

Jongwoo Yi. The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar. 2023; 55 : 289-312.

Jongwoo Yi. "The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.55(2023) : 289-312.

Jongwoo Yi. The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 55, 289-312.

Jongwoo Yi. The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2023; 55 289-312.

Jongwoo Yi. The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar. 2023; 55 : 289-312.

Jongwoo Yi. "The Responsibility for Free Choice between Good and Evil: Matteo Ricci’s Debate with the Chinese Scholar" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.55(2023) : 289-312.