The sage learning of Liu Zhi : Islamic thought in Confucian terms / Sachiko Murata, William C. Chittick, and Tu Weiming ; with a foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Language: English Original language: Chinese Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 65.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: xxiii, 678 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780674033252 (alk. paper)
- 0674033256 (alk. paper)
- Islamic thought in Confucian terms
- Liu, Jielian, fl. 1670-1724. Tian fang xing li. English
- 297.2/8 22
- BP173.C65 M84 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 637-644) and index.
"Liu Zhi (ca. 1670-1724) was one of the most important scholars of Islam in traditional China. His Tianfang xingli (Nature and principle in Islam), the Chinese-language text translated here, focuses on the roots or principles of Islam. It was heavily influenced by several classic texts in the Sufi tradition. Liu's approach, however, is distinguished from that of other Muslim scholars in that he addressed the basic articles of Islamic thought with Neo-Confucian terminology and categories. Besides its innate metaphysical and philosophical value, the text is invaluable for understanding how the masters of Chinese Islam straddled religious and civilizational frontiers and created harmony between two different intellectual worlds." "The introductory chapters explore both the Chinese and the Islamic intellectual traditions behind Liu's work and locate the arguments of Tianfang xingli within those systems of thought. The copious annotations to the translation explain Liu's text and draw attention to parallels, as well as differences, in Chinese-, Arabic-, and Persian-language works."--BOOK JACKET.
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