The Dao of Muhammad. A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China

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3 The Han Kitab Authors and the Chinese
Islamic School 115
The Rise of the Chinese Islamic School 119 / Providing
Access to Foreign Knowledge: Translators and Translations 125 /
Original Authors: Wang Daiyu, Ma Zhu, and Liu Zhi 134 /
Liu Zhi: The Culmination of Authorship 144 / Bibliography
and Textual Consolidation 153

4 Muhammad and His Dao: Knowledge and Identity in
the Han Kitab 163
Muhammad, the Chinese Sage 171 / Chinese Muslim
Scholarship as the Study of Muhammad’s Dao 181 / The
Dao of Islam and Chinese Muslim Scholarly Identity 194 /
Teaching Chinese Muslims About Their Origins 200

Conclusion: Dialogue in Action 214

Appendix

Appendix 239

Reference Matter

Bibliography 249

Index 271

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