The Islamic Confucian Synthesis In China
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The Islamic Confucian Synthesis In China
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Author : Zongping Sha
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-04-30
The Islamic Confucian Synthesis In China written by Zongping Sha and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-30 with categories.
This volume examines the history of Islam in China since its arrival during the Tang dynasty. The contributors look at how Chinese Muslims created a philosophical worldview that is described and analyzed here as the "Islamic-Confucian synthesis."
Chinese Cosmopolitanism
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Author : Shuchen Xiang
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-09-26
Chinese Cosmopolitanism written by Shuchen Xiang and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-26 with History categories.
A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference Historically, the Western encounter with difference has been catastrophic: the extermination and displacement of aboriginal populations, the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism. China, however, took a different historical path. In Chinese Cosmopolitanism, Shuchen Xiang argues that the Chinese cultural tradition was, from its formative beginnings and throughout its imperial history, a cosmopolitan melting pot that synthesized the different cultures that came into its orbit. Unlike the West, which cast its collisions with different cultures in Manichean terms of the ontologically irreconcilable difference between civilization and barbarism, China was a dynamic identity created out of difference. The reasons for this, Xiang argues, are philosophical: Chinese philosophy has the conceptual resources for providing alternative ways to understand pluralism. Xiang explains that “Chinese” identity is not what the West understands as a racial identity; it is not a group of people related by common descent or heredity but rather a hybrid of coalescing cultures. To use the Western discourse of race to frame the Chinese view of non-Chinese, she argues, is a category error. Xiang shows that China was both internally cosmopolitan, embracing distinct peoples into a common identity, and externally cosmopolitan, having knowledge of faraway lands without an ideological need to subjugate them. Contrasting the Chinese understanding of efficacy—described as “harmony”—with the Western understanding of order, she argues that the Chinese sought to gain influence over others by having them spontaneously accept the virtue of one’s position. These ideas from Chinese philosophy, she contends, offer a new way to understand today’s multipolar world and can make a valuable contribution to contemporary discussions in the critical philosophy of race.
Rectifying God S Name
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Author : James D. Frankel
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2011-01-31
Rectifying God S Name written by James D. Frankel and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-31 with History categories.
Islam first arrived in China more than 1,200 years ago, but for more than a millennium it was perceived as a foreign presence. The restoration of native Chinese rule by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), after nearly a century of Mongol domination, helped transform Chinese intellectual discourse on ideological, social, political, religious, and ethnic identity. This led to the creation of a burgeoning network of Sinicized Muslim scholars who wrote about Islam in classical Chinese and developed a body of literature known as the Han Kitab. Rectifying God’s Name examines the life and work of one of the most important of the Qing Chinese Muslim literati, Liu Zhi (ca. 1660–ca. 1730), and places his writings in their historical, cultural, social, and religio-philosophical context. His Tianfang danli (Ritual law of Islam) represents the most systematic and sophisticated attempt within the Han Kitab corpus to harmonize Islam with Chinese thought. The volume begins by situating Liu Zhi in the historical development of the Chinese Muslim intellectual tradition, examining his sources and influences as well as his legacy. Delving into the contents of Liu Zhi’s work, it focuses on his use of specific Chinese terms and concepts, their origins and meanings in Chinese thought, and their correspondence to Islamic principles. A close examination of the Tianfang dianli reveals Liu Zhi’s specific usage of the concept of Ritual as a common foundation of both Confucian morality and social order and Islamic piety. The challenge of expressing such concepts in a context devoid of any clear monotheistic principle tested the limits of his scholarship and linguistic finesse. Liu Zhi's theological discussion in the Tianfang dianli engages not only the ancient Confucian tradition, but also Daoism, Buddhism, and even non-Chinese traditions. His methodology reveals an erudite and cosmopolitan scholar who synthesized diverse influences, from Sufism to Neo-Confucianism, and possibly even Jesuit and Jewish sources, into a body of work that was both steeped in tradition and, yet, exceedingly original, epitomizing the phenomenon of Chinese Muslim simultaneity. A compelling and multidimensional study, Rectifying God’s Name will be eagerly welcomed by interested readers of Chinese and Islamic religious and social history, as well as students and scholars of comparative religion.
The Sage Learning Of Liu Zhi
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Author : Sachiko Murata
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-10-26
The Sage Learning Of Liu Zhi written by Sachiko Murata and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-26 with History categories.
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 in Chinese-, Arabic-, and Persian-language works as well as differences.
Islam And Confucianism
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Author : Osman Bakar
language : en
Publisher: University of Malaya Press
Release Date : 1997
Islam And Confucianism written by Osman Bakar and has been published by University of Malaya Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.
The First Islamic Classic In Chinese
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Author : Sachiko Murata
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2017-03-27
The First Islamic Classic In Chinese written by Sachiko Murata and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with Literary Collections categories.
A translation of Wang Daiyus Real Commentary on the True Teaching, the first and most influential work written in the Chinese language on Islam. Published in 1642, Wang Daiyus Real Commentary on the True Teaching was the first significant presentation of Islam in the Chinese language by a Muslim scholar. It set the standard for the expression of Islamic theology, Sufism, and ethics in Chinese, and became the literary foundation of a school of thought that has been called Muslim Confucianism. In contrast to Muslim scholars writing in every other language, Wang avoided Arabic words, opting instead to reconfigure the religion in terms of Chinese concepts and categories. Employing the terminology of Neo-Confucian philosophy, his overview of Islam is thus both congenial to the mainstream Islamic tradition and reaffirms Confucian teachings about the human duty to establish harmony between heaven and earth. This book will appeal to those curious about the manner in which Islam has flourished in China over the past thousand years, as well as those interested in dialogue among religions and the significance of religious diversity.
Chinese Gleams Of Sufi Light
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Author : Sachiko Murata
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2000-08-03
Chinese Gleams Of Sufi Light written by Sachiko Murata and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-03 with Religion categories.
The first study in English of Islamic thought in China, this book shows that this tradition was informed by both Sufism and Neo-Confucianism; translations of two classic works are included.
Confucianism And Spiritual Traditions In Modern China And Beyond
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Author : Fenggang Yang
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-11-11
Confucianism And Spiritual Traditions In Modern China And Beyond written by Fenggang Yang and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-11 with Religion categories.
Confucianism is reviving in China and spreading in America. This multidisciplinary volume includes philosophical and theological articulations of Confucianism and other spiritual traditions for the modern and globalizing world, and empirical studies of and analytical reflections on Confucianism and other traditions in Chinese societies by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists.
Religious Trends In Modern China
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Author : Wing-tsit Chan
language : en
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 1969
Religious Trends In Modern China written by Wing-tsit Chan and has been published by Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Religion categories.
Confucian Orthodoxy Vs Muslim Resistance In Late Imperial China
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Author : Yuanlin Cai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Confucian Orthodoxy Vs Muslim Resistance In Late Imperial China written by Yuanlin Cai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with China categories.