Abstract
Chinese religions represent a convergence of multifarious developments, encompassing various sources and factors, that is, like the sea holding the water from thousands of rivers.
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Xinping (1988).
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Zhang (2000a).
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Translator's note: “The Eight Principles of Yong (永字八法)” explains the writing of eight common strokes in regular script found all in the one character, 永.
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Quoted in Zhang (2000b).
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Translator's note: Gongbei is a term used by Chinese speaking Muslims for an Islamic shrine complex centered around the tomb of a Sufi master.
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He (2013).
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Jiang (2005).
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Jiang (2005).
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Refer to Zhan (2001).
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Ren (1998).
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Min (2002).
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Zhuo, X. (2018). The Religious Culture of the Chinese. In: Religious Faith of the Chinese. China Insights. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6379-4_5
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