13. Liu Zhi: Nature and Principle in Islam
A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy - Mohammed Rustom
Sachiko Murata [+]
Sachiko Murata is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Stony Brook University. Her publications include The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought (State University of New York Press, 1992).
Description
This piece presents a translation and a diagram from a Chinese Sufi metaphysical text by Liu Zhi, one of the main authors of the Han Kitab. The work in question is entitled Nature and Principle in Islam and was published in 1704 CE. In the diagram presented here, Liu Zhi outlines the origin of the manifestation of both the macrocosm and microcosm, as well as their return to it.