The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven and the Differences in Concerns between Chinese and Western Thinking

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International Journal of Sino-Western Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI:10.37819/ijsws.25.1764

Xie Wenyu

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Abstract

The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven is a book recording the idea-exchange between the Catholic missionaries and Confucians in the Ming Dynasty. In understanding the book, it demands as the background the knowledge of the western history in thought behind Matteo Ricci’s mind-set, such as natural theology, Aristotle’s philosophy, and the Protestant theology. With this consideration in mind, we have traced Ricci’s appealing to the way of logical arguments in demonstrating the existence of God, which presents Catholic dogma as a philosophy. In this way, Ricci became ignored of the development of Chinese thought regarding the issues of arche, essence, and good-evil. Indeed, Chinese thinkers have engaged profoundly in these issues and proposed various solutions which invite thinkers to engage in sentimental appreciation. Ricci’s ignorance of these efforts results in blocking his understanding of Chinese thought at a deeper level. My analyses of the dialogue in the book show that this historical exchange of ideas stays only at a superficial phrase.

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天主的真谛与中西思想的差异

天主实义》是一部记录明代天主教传教士与儒生思想交流的著作。理解这本书，需要以利玛窦思想背后的西方思想史为背景，如自然神学、亚里士多德哲学和新教神学。有鉴于此，我们追溯了利玛窦在证明上帝存在时诉诸逻辑论证的方式，将天主教教条作为一种哲学呈现出来。这样，利玛窦就忽视了中国思想在原型、本质和善恶问题上的发展。事实上，中国思想家已经对这些问题进行了深入研究，并提出了各种解决方案，这些方案吸引着思想家进行感性的鉴赏。利玛窦对这些努力的漠视，导致了他对中国思想更深层次的理解受阻。我对书中对话的分析表明，这种历史性的思想交流只停留在表面。

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