Author: Shiho, Alimtohte

Annotation: Mainly from two specific topics “Comparing Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasty and Islamic Philosophy” and “A Study on the History of Comparative Confucianism between Japan and China”, Study the cultural exchange relations between Japan, China, and Central Asian Islamic countries. One of the topics, the Muslim Confucian Philosophy: Islamic-Confucian Dialogue and the Integration of Civilizations. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, a new theory of learning was created—Muslim Confucian Study (Chinese Islamic Philosophy)—on the basis of Islamic philosophy and under the influence of Confucianism. Wang Daiyu (1570-1660) and Liu Zhi (1660-1739) were two great Huiru (Muslim Confucian) scholars at that time. They published Zhengjiao zhenquan (The real commentary on the tire teaching), Tianfang xingli (Nature and principle in Islam) major books. Their approach is distinguished from that of other Muslim scholars in that they addressed the basic articles of Islamic thought with Confucian terminology and categories. The study deals with the Islamic worldview, and with the practices that make it possible for people to bring themselves into conformity with that worldview. However, the teaching of the Muslim Confucian was continuous with those of Mainstream Islam. By studying this, we can gain another perspective on the cultural exchange relationship between Islamic countries such as Central Asia and East Asian countries in the Confucian sphere such as China and Japan.

Keywords: Central Asia, China, Japan, cultural exchange, Confucianism, Islamic Philosophy

Pages in journal: 217 - 221