Liu Zhi (scholar)

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Liu Zhi (

Maturidi scholar[1][2] of the Qing dynasty,[3] belonging to the Huiru (Muslim) school of Neoconfucian thought.[4] He was the most prominent of the Han Kitab writers who attempted to explain Muslim thought in the Chinese intellectual climate for a Hui Chinese audience, by frequently borrowing terminologies from Buddhism, Taoism and most prominently Neoconfucianism and aligning them with Islamic concepts. He was from the city of Nanjing.[5] His magnum opus, Tianfang Xingli or 'Nature and Principle in the Direction of Heaven', was considered the authoritative exposition of Islamic beliefs and has been republished twenty-five times between 1760 and 1939, and is often referred to by Muslims writing in Chinese.[6]

Biography

Liu Zhi was born into a scholarly family around 1660.

Muslims and non-Muslims, leaving his tracks throughout Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and other places. In his later years, he resided at his studio, Saoyelou ("House of Sweeping Leaves"), at Qingliangshan in Nanjing
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He learned Arabic and Persian, and studied both Buddhism and Daoism. He also wrote several works on Islam in 1674, 1710, and 1721.[8]

His writings became part of the Han Kitab, a collection of literature which synthesized Islam and Confucianism.

He said that Muslims were allowed to believe in the Mandate of Heaven and serve the Emperor, because Allah allowed the Mandate of Heaven to exist.[9]

After Liu Zhi's death, his tomb became a site of pilgrimage for Chinese Muslims, with thousands visiting his tomb annually.[10]

Works

  • 天方性理 (Tianfang Xingli, The Metaphysics of Islam or The Philosophy of Arabia). Šarḥ al-laṭā'if (شرح اللطائف) was the Arabic translation by Ma Lianyuan (馬聯元 and محمد نور الحق إبن لقمان الصيني, 1841-1903)[11][12]
  • 天方典禮 (Tianfang Dianli, The Rites of Islam)[13][14]
  • 天方字母解義[15] (Tiānfāng zìmǔ jiě yì, Arabic Script explanation meaning)[16] T'ien fang tse mu kieh i
  • 天方至聖實綠 (Tianfang Zhisheng Shilu, The Real Record of the Last Prophet of Islam)[3] In 1921 it was translated into English by Royal Asiatic Society member Isaac Mason as "The Arabian Prophet: A Life of Mohammad from Chinese Sources".

See also

References

  1. ^ "الماتريدية وآثارها في الفكر الإنساني بدول طريق الحرير.. الصين نموذجًا". Alfaisal Magazine.
  2. ^ "الحنفية الماتريدية في بلاد الصين". midad.com. 4 January 2020.
  3. ^
    doi:10.36816/shedet.006.08
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  4. ^ Friendship in Confucian Islam, Sachiko Murata
  5. ^ See generally: William Chittick with Sachiko Murata and Tu Weiming, The Sage Learning of Liu Zhi: Islamic Thought in Confucian Terms (Harvard University 2009).
  6. The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society
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  7. ISBN 978-0-8248-6103-2
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  8. ^ Paul Lunde (July–August 1985). "Muslims in China". SAUDI ARAMCO World.
  9. ^ Masumi, Matsumoto. "The completion of the idea of dual loyalty towards China and Islam". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  10. ISBN 978-0-88093-861-7
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  11. ISBN 978-90-04-14473-6
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  12. ^ http://kias.sakura.ne.jp/ibnarabi/index.php?title=%E9%A6%AC%E8%81%AF%E5%85%83
  13. ISBN 978-1-317-93852-1
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  14. ISBN 978-90-04-28529-3
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  15. ^ Tian fang zi mu jie yi. Qing zhen si cang ban.
  16. ^ Tian fang zi mu jie yi. Qing zhen si cang ban.

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