介紹中國穆斯林的書籍。原文是波蘭文。
Written by Adam Horálek
Cieciura, Wlodzimierz (2014): Muzulmanie chińscy. Historia,
religia, tozsamość. [Chinese Muslims: History, Religion, Identity]. Wydawnictwa
Universytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw. ISBN 978-83-235-1325-4. 410 p.
The book Chinese Muslims: History,
Religion, Identity is truly one of the most significant ethno-historical
monographs in recent years published in Central Europe. The author, Doctor
Wlodzimierz Cieciura from the Department of Sinology at the University of
Warsaw, is a prominent Polish scholar in Chinese studies whose longitudinal
focus on the study of Chinese Muslims, especially of the Hui ethnic group, has
culminated and matured in the presented book.
There is very little to reproach
about the book except maybe for its language – Polish. The book is of a global
quality and its content and the expertise of Dr. Cieciura can be compared to
capacities in the field such as David Atwill, Benite Zvi Ben-Dor, Michael
Dillon or Dru Gladney. Just because of the quality of the presented monograph, it is a real shame that it cannot be disseminated to a wider
audience via an English version. On the other hand,
the book shows the quality of contemporary sinological research in Poland. The
book examines the creation and evolution of the Chinese Muslim community from
the very beginning till the first decade of the People’s Republic of China. The
chronology of consolidation of Chinese Muslims is very well built up and covers
all the major events which emerged during the development of the Chinese
Muslims’ religious as well as ethnic identity.
