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  title info:
    title: Jin Tianzhu's Qingzhen Shiyi
    sub title: an eighteenth century comparative study between Islam and Confucianism and other religions in China
  name:
    name part: Ma, Zhanming
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2009
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: x, 371 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm.
  abstract: This study aims at introducing to English readers Qingzhen Shiyi, a book written by a Chinese Muslims scholar, Jin Tianzhu, during the time of Qing Dynasty (1616-1909), specifically in 1737. According to our present knowledge, this was the first book ever written by a Chinese Muslim scholar entirely composed in the Chinese language, for the purpose of defending the rights of Muslims.The author clarifies the objectives and significance of the rules of Shariah which were practiced by Chinese Muslims in their daily life and compares them with other religions in China. Our study of the book consists of six chapters namely, introduction, historical background, Jin Tianzhu and his book, translation of the edited texts, commentaries and comments on the main body of the texts and conclusion followed by an appendix. The method adopted in this study is library research, editing the text, and translation. This is the first study of the book in English language, through which, one will find that Muslims in China were practicing Shariah and keeping their own identities which caused doubts and suspicions of the society and put them in a very difficult condition; Mr. Jin, as a scholar, tried to remove those doubts and clarify those suspicions by showing the similarities between Islam and Confucianism, presenting the advantages of Islam over other main religions in some aspects, and criticizing some them, in a period of history when there is no free-speech and democracy in the modern sense. He or she also will be aware through this study that Religious or Civilizational Dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims started in China as early as 18th century.
  note: by Ma Zanming
  note: Abstracts in English and Arabic.
  note: "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy."--On t.p.
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2009.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 191-198).
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Jin, Beigao
  subject:
    topic: Islam
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Muslims
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Muslims
    topic: Social life and customs
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Islam
    topic: Relations Confucianism
  subject:
    topic: Confucianism
    topic: Relations Islam
  classification: BP63.C5
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/2528
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 110324
    record change date: 20100430090700.0
    record identifier: 490567
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng