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Liu Zhi, Chinese Muslim scholar

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ScholarChinese Muslim scholar

Liu Zhi刘智

Approximate dateNanjing

Author of a Chinese life of the Prophet ﷺ and books explaining Islamic law and thought in Chinese.

He spent decades studying Arabic, Persian and the Confucian classics. His Tianfang Zhisheng Shilu is a life of the Prophet ﷺ, and Tianfang Dianli explains Islamic rites and law in Chinese terms.

What grew out of it?

His works are the high point of the Han Kitab tradition and are still read by Chinese Muslims.

Who else is linked?

NanjingMuhammad ﷺWang DaiyuMing and Qing China

Who lived at the same time?

Moulay IsmailMustafa IIAhmed IISuleiman IIAurangzebAhmed IIIMehmed IVNader Shah

Source: history

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