Sima Qian · Civilisations

Is the Way of Heaven Right?

Sima Qian’s anguished question, born of his own undeserved suffering - why do the good so often suffer and the wicked prosper, and is Heaven’s justice real at all?

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Sima Qian questioned whether Heaven rewards the good, using the case of Boyi and Shuqi. Reconstruct his question and why it troubled him so deeply, in your own words.

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