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Book SynopsisIn Muslim Sanzijing, Shifts and Continuities in the Definition of Islam in China (1710-2010) Roberta Tontini traces the development of Islam and Islamic law in the country, while responding to two enduring questions in China’s intellectual history: How was the Muslim sharia reconciled with Confucianism? How was knowledge of Islamic social and ritual norms popularized to large segments of Chinese Muslim society even in periods of limited literacy? Through a comprehensive study that includes a rigorous analysis of popular Chinese Islamic primers belonging to the Sanzijing tradition, Tontini offers fresh insights on the little known intellectual and legal history of Islam on Chinese soil to convincingly demonstrate its evolving quality in response to changing social norms.
Trade Review"Historian Roberta Tontini brilliantly engages the problem of continuity and shifts head on in her Muslim Sanzijing...One is struck by the rich history of this text that Tontini exposes as she writes the biography of the book, looking at many lives it took on during the past 200 years." Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, New York University, Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, No. 23 (June 2017) "[A] brilliant account on the history of China's acquaintance with Islam and its jurisprudence. This highly informative and insightful monograph addresses a largely neglected theme in the field of Chinese Muslim studies." Tommaso Previato, Academia Sinica, Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient, 102 (2016)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Motivation and Relevance Literature Review Roadmap Conceptual Definitions Chapter 2. Tianfang Dianli: Norms and Rites of Islamic Law in Imperial China Introduction: Legal Traditions in Cultural Convergence Hanafi Regionalism and the Chinese “Sunna” Rethinking Jurisprudence The Chinese Sharia Confucian Frameworks of Islamic Jurisprudence Conclusion: Islamic Law in Cultural Translation Chapter 3. Tianfang Sanzijing: A Regional(ist) Theory on Islamic Law Introduction: Liu Zhi and Yuan Guozuo’s Joint Intellectual Enterprise Coming of Age in Chinese Islamic Literacy Wugong: From Religious Pillars to Social Bricks Rite and Law in the “Great Learning” of Islam Traditions as Cradles of Transitions: Establishing Regionalism in Chinese Islamic Law Conclusion: The “Filiative Transmission” of Islam in China Chapter 4. Islamic Law in the Aftermath of the Anti-Qing Rebellions Introduction: Novel Texts for Rebellious Contexts Beginning, Unfolding and Indigenizing the Transmission Rethinking Orthodoxy “Ways” of Islam in a Changing Society New Perspectives on Social Order Conclusion: The Legacy of Two Primers Chapter 5. Rethinking Liu Zhi’s Legacy in Postimperial China Introduction: Islam in Transition Strengthening the Chinese Nation: Hu Songshan’s Three Character Primer of Islam China’s “Muslim Brothers”: A Regional Trajectory Red Star over Muslims: Hu Xueliang’s Sanzijing for Girls “Love Your Country, Love Your Religion”: Na Guochang’s Sequel to the Tianfang Sanzijing Chapter 6. Islam’s Filiative Transmission to Modernity Conclusion: The Great Learning of Islam in China Works Cited
