刘智《天方性理》的主旨及影响

摘要

《天方性理》探讨的核心问题是人的心性问题，即人如何通过心性之功修而复归真主的问题。《天方性理》自刊行不久，便从学者群传至普通穆斯林大众，从穆斯林社会传至主流社会。《天方性理》之所以能在全国获得普遍认同，在于其理论的精深性、动态性、通俗性，也在于其体现了明清以来中国伊斯兰教学术的最高成就。%Dispositions and Principles of Arab Countries by LIU Zhi probed into the principles of human, of which dis-cussed the worship by thoughts to understand the return to Allah.Since the book was published, it was widely spread and read by both scholars and Muslim civilians, which achieved wide identity, both because of its deep insight-ment, dynamic meaning and popularity, and embodied the achievements of Chinese Islamic studies since Ming and Qing Dynasties.