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'''Clytia''', or '''Clytie''', was a daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]] in [[Greek mythology]]. She was loved by [[Apollo]].

{{Islam and China}}

The change in dynasty in China from the [[Tang]] to the dynasties that included the [[Song]] did not greatly interrupt the trends of [[Islam in China|Muslims]] established during the [[Tang]].

==Islam continues to increase its influence==

Apollo, having loved her, abandoned her for [[Leucothoe]] and left her deserted. She was so angered by his treatment that she told Leucothoe's father, [[Orchamus]], about the affair. Since Apollo had defiled Leucothoe, Orchamus had her put to death by burial alive in the sands. Clytie had wanted Apollo back and had wanted to win him back by taking away his new love, but her actions only hardened Apollo's heart against her. She sat naked, with neither food nor drink, for nine days on the rocks, staring at the sun, Apollo, and mourning his departure. After nine days, the suffering turned her yellow and brown, and she was transformed into a [[sunflower]], which turns its head always to look longingly at Apollo's chariot of the sun. This story is told in [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses]], 4''.

Many Muslims began to go to China to trade during the [[Tang]] Dynasty. During the [[Song]] Dynasty, Muslims began to have a greater economic impact and influence on the country. During the [[Song Dynasty]] (960-1279), Muslims in China dominated foreign trade and the import/export industry to the south and west.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/china_1.shtml BBC Religion and Ethics ISLAM Origins]</ref>

==Migration of Muslims to China==

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In 1070, the Song emperor, Shen-tsung (Shenzong) invited 5,300 Arab men from [[Bukhara]], to settle in China. The emperor used these men in his campaign against the Liao empire in the northeast. Later on these men were settled between the Sung capital of Kaifeng and Yenching (modern day [[Beijing]]). The object was to create a buffer zone between the Chinese and the Liao. In 1080, 10,000 Arab men and women migrated to China on horseback and settled in all of the provinces of the north and north-east.<ref>Israeli (2002), pg. 283-4</ref>

The Arabs from Bukhara were under the leadership of Prince Amir Sayyid "So-fei-er" (his Chinese name). The prince was later given an honorary title. He is reputed of being the "father" of the Muslim community in China. Prior to him Islam was named by the Tang and Song Chinese as ''Ta-shi fa'' ("law of Islam"). He renamed it to ''Hui Hui Jiao'' ("the Religion of Double return").<ref>Israeli (2002), pg. 284</ref>

==Notes==

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==See also==

* [[Islam during the Tang Dynasty]]

* [[Islam by country]]

* [[Religion in China]]

* [[Demographics of China]]

* [[Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association]]

* [[Tibetan Muslims]]

* [[Islam in China]]

* [[Ma Yize]]

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