Yusuf Ma Dexin | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 馬德新 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 马德新 | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 復初 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 复初 | ||||||||
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Yusuf Ma Dexin (also Ma Tesing; 1794–1874) was a Hui Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi scholar from Yunnan,[1][2] known for his fluency and proficiency in both Arabic and Persian, and for his knowledge of Islam.[3] He also went by the Chinese name Ma Fuchu. He used the Arabic name Abd al-Qayyum Ruh al-Din Yusuf (عبد القيوم روح الدين يوسف).[4] He was also styled as "Mawlana al-Hajj Yusuf Ruh al-Din Ma Fujuh" (مولانا الحاج يوسف روح الدين ما فو جوه).