Wikipedia has a very interesting write-up under
Taoism and has noted a treatise:
"Wang, Wei (16 August 2022).
"On the Historical Background and Ideological Resources of the Confluence of Islam and Confucianism". Religions.
13 (8): 13.
doi:
10.3390/rel13080748.
ISSN 2077-1444 – via
MDPI."
en.wikipedia.org
I just quote two short paragraphs from the above treatise:
" 2. The Sinicization of the People of Huihui and Changes in the Understanding of
Islam by Confucian Scholars since the Yuan Period
Islam was introduced to China in the seventh century. Muslims who came to China
through the “Silk Road” and the “Maritime Silk Road” were mainly merchants, envoys,
and travelers. Official contacts between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire began in
the second year of Yong Hui (永徽二年, 651 A.D.), during the reign of the caliph Othman
(Li et al. 2007, p. 29). In the subsequent hundred years, there were 39 official exchanges
recorded in Chinese historical books. In the Tang period, foreign Muslims lived in Xi’an,
Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and other places. "
" Following the Yuan period, Confucian intellectuals knew more about Islam than their
predecessors. There were many Huihui Muslims who were officials or businessmen in
the Yuan Dynasty, and they interacted frequently with Confucian intellectuals to improve
their understanding. Before the mid-Ming period, the Chinese inscriptions in mosques
were mainly written by Confucian scholars. It is noteworthy that these authors generally
understood Islam in a Confucian way, believing that
Islam was different from Buddhism
and Taoism but very similar to the Tao of Confucius and Mencius (孔孟之道). "
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