Horse comment - Bachu (English spelling) Mǎ Zhù

Japanese: 馬注 - ばちゅう（英語表記）Mǎ Zhù

1640‐1711
An Islamic scholar from the late Ming to early Qing dynasties in China. His pen name was Wen Bing, and his pen name was Zhong Xiu. He was from Jinshi (now Baoshan) County, Yunnan Province. Of Hui descent, he claimed to be a descendant of Muhammad, and loved learning from an early age. He was selected for the Zhongshu during the reign of the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty (reigned 1647-61). After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he pursued reading and education, and in 1669, the 8th year of the Kangxi era during the Qing Dynasty, he went to Beijing and associated with the royal family, but when he returned home he lectured his students on the study of the mind and spirit. His work, Qingzhen Zhinan (10 volumes, 1683), is an introductory book that interprets Islamic doctrine from the perspectives of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1640‐1711
中国，明末～清初のイスラム学者。字は文炳（ぶんへい），号は仲修。雲南省金歯(現，保山)県の人。回族の出身で，ムハンマドの後裔と自称し，幼いころから学問を好み，南明の永暦帝(在位1647‐61)のとき，中書に抜擢された。その滅亡後は，読書と教育に従い，清朝の康熙8年(1669)，北京に行き王族と交わったが，帰郷して弟子に心性の学を講じた。その著《清真指南》10巻(1683)は，イスラム教理を儒教，仏教，道教で解釈した入門書。

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