The sage learning of Liu Zhi
Subtitle: Islamic thought in Confucian terms
By: Sachiko Murata, William C. Chittick, and Tu Weiming  ; with a foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Contributors: Chittick, William C.; Tu, Weiming, 1940-; Liu, Jielian, fl. 1670-1724.
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series -- 65
Publisher: published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute; distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9780674033252
Subjects: Liu, Jielian, -- fl. 1670-1724; Islam -- Relations -- Confucianism; Confucianism -- Relations -- Islam
Other titles: Islamic thought in Confucian terms
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.