Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light investigates, for the first time in a Western language, the manner in which the Muslim scholars of China adapted the Chinese tradition to their own needs during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The book surveys the 1400-year history of Islam in China and explores why the four books translated from Islamic languages into Chinese before the twentieth century were all Persian Sufi texts. The author also looks carefully at the two most important Muslim authors of books in the Chinese language, Wang Tai-yu and Liu Chih. Murata shows how they assimilated...
Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light investigates, for the first time in a Western language, the manner in which the Muslim scholars of China adapted the Chin...
Lui Zhi (ca. 1670-1724) was one of the most important scholars of Islam in China. He applied neo-Confucian terminology & categories to the basic articles of Islamic thought & was heavily influenced by classic texts in the Sufi tradition.
Lui Zhi (ca. 1670-1724) was one of the most important scholars of Islam in China. He applied neo-Confucian terminology & categories to the basic artic...
