A Study of Muslim Discourse to Disabuse Confucians of Anti-Muslim Prejudice in Early Modern China

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520058
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy
• Research Institution: Otsuma Women's University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Minoru 大妻女子大学, 比較文化学部, 准教授 (70447671)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 金天柱 / 清真釈疑 / 中国イスラーム / 儒教

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of analyzing the contents of “Qingzhen shiyi” written by Jin Tianzhu, I’ve learned the following things. For Jin Tianzhu, who is a Muslim, Han people do not follow the Confucian doctrine, but instead take on the customs of Buddhism or Taoism. Compared with them, Muslims practice daily religious services. Offering prayers to God is the same as offering prayers to the Confucian supreme god, and in that sense, Muslims faithfully follow the Confucian doctrine a lot more sincerely than Han people do. By saying so, Jin Tianzhu tried to eliminate Han people’s doubts about Muslims.

Free Research Field

中国思想