Paper Title
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE YIJINGANDISLAM - IN AN ASIAN CONTEXT

Abstract
Abstract - The Yijing (Classic of Changes) is an influential classic that has interacted with different world religions including Daoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Shinto throughout the history of its popularization and localization. In previous GSRD meeting, I presented on the role of the Yijing in the making of Tibetan Buddhism. This time, I will discuss its role in introducing Islam to China during the Ming and Qing period. Yijing- related theories (such as yinyangwuxing), practices (such as divination) and symbols (such as the eight trigrams, taiji) can be found in the writings of Muslim scholars in Ming-Qing China to explain and promote Islamic teachings and to suggest the agreement between Confucianism and Islam. Based on the textual analysis of Chinese writings by Ming-Qing Muslim scholars, this study will be an ambitious attempt to reconstruct a meaningful intellectual dialogue between Confucianism and Islam taken place in Asia in the early modern period. Keywords - Yijing, Islam, Confucianism, Ming-Qing China, Middle East