The Sage Learning of Liu Zhi: Islamic Thought in Confucian Terms

by Tu Weiming, William C. Chittick, Sachiko Murata

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674033256
• ISBN13: 9780674033252
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 678 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"