Liu Zhi (English spelling)

Japanese: 劉智 - りゅうち（英語表記）Liú Zhì

An Islamic scholar from the early Qing Dynasty in China, circa 1660-1730. His courtesy name was Jie Lian and his pen name was Yi Sai. He was from Shangyuan County, Jiangsu Province (now Nanjing), and was of Hui ethnicity. From an early age, he studied Arabic and Persian under his father, Liu Hanying, a famous Islamic scholar, and was also well-versed in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. He traveled around the country collecting Islamic classics, but in his later years he returned to Jinling (Nanjing) and devoted himself to writing. His representative works include the 5-volume ``Tianfang Seiri'' (The Principles of Heavenly Path) (1704), which interprets the Islamic worldview from the perspective of Neo-Confucianism, and other works that have been passed down to the present day, such as ``Tianfang Zhishen Jilu'' and ``Tianfang Tenrei Sekkei'' (The Illustrated Explanation of Heavenly Paths).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1660ころ‐1730ころ
中国，清代初めのイスラム教学者。字は介廉，号は一斎。江蘇省上元県(現，南京市)の人。回族出身。幼いときから著名なイスラム教学者の父劉漢英についてアラビア語，ペルシア語を学び，儒教，仏教，道教にも通じていた。各地を遊歴してイスラム教の典籍を収集したが，晩年は金陵(南京)に帰り，著述に専心した。代表的著述は，イスラム教の世界観を朱子学によって解釈した《天方性理》5巻(1704)，ほかに《天方至聖実録》《天方典礼択要解》などが今日に伝わっている。

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