Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light

Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1. Chinese-Language Islam......Page 26
The Essentials of Islam......Page 27
The Chinese Language......Page 30
Wang Tai-yii......Page 32
Liu Chih......Page 37
The Arabic Translation of Liu Chih' s Philosophy......Page 41
Translations into Chinese......Page 44
The Neo-Confucian Background......Page 48
2. The Works of Wang Tai-yii......Page 56
The True Answers......Page 57
The Real Commentary on the True Teaching......Page 61
Adam and Eve: From Chapter Two of the Real Commentary......Page 73
The Real Solicitude......Page 77
3. Wang Tai-yii' s Great Learning......Page 82
The Chinese Background......Page 83
The Islamic Concepts......Page 87
TheText......Page 91
Preface......Page 94
Introduction......Page 95
Synopsis: Comprehensive Statement......Page 97
The Real One......Page 102
The Numerical One......Page 106
The Embodied One......Page 109
General Discussion......Page 114
5. Liu Chih' s Translation of Lawa'ih......Page 126
The Oneness of Existence......Page 129
Liu Chih's Appropriation of Lawd'itl......Page 134
The Translations......Page 139
6. Gleams......Page 141
7. Displaying the Concealment of the Real Realm......Page 142
Notes......Page 224
Glossary of Chinese Words......Page 250
Bibliography......Page 254
Index of Chinese Names and Terms......Page 260
Index of Persian and Arabic Names and Terms......Page 264
General Index......Page 268