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The Hundred-word Eulogy (Chinese:百字讃;pinyin:Bǎi Zì Zàn) is a 100-character praise ofIslam and the Islamic prophetMuhammad written by theHongwu Emperor of the ChineseMing dynasty in 1368.[1] Copies of it are on display in several mosques inNanjing, China.[2]
It was recorded that "His Majesty ordered to have mosques built inXijing and Nanjing (the capital cities), and in southernYunnan,Fujian andGuangdong. His Majesty also personally wrotebaizizan (eulogy) in praise of the Prophet's virtues."[3]
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—Text and translation by B. Newlon[4]: 3 |
For instance, in the early years of Emperor Hongwu's reign in the Ming dynasty ' His Majesty ordered to have mosques built in Xijing and Nanjing [the capital cities], and in southern Yunnan, Fujian and Guangdong. His Majesty also personally wrote baizizan ([eulogy]) in praise of the Prophet's virtues'. The Ming Emperor Xuanzong once issued imperial orders to build a mosque in Nanjing in response to Zheng He's request (Liu Zhi, 1984 reprint: 358–374). Mosques built by imperial decree raised the social position of Islam, and assistance from upper-class Muslims helped to sustain religious sites in certain areas
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