2. The famous patriotic scholar Mama (1900- 196 1), whose real name is Jirui, is an Anqing Hui nationality, and is now an Islamic scholar and a Hui historian in China. Before the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he was the chairman of Huaining Branch of China Muslim Association. Ma is one of the founders of Yize Primary School in Anqing City. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as principal of Anqing Muslim Primary School, teacher of Shanghai Islamic Normal School, teacher of Beijing Chengda Normal School, editor-in-chief of DuDu College, professor of Shanghai Chengwen College and visiting professor of Fudan University. When War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out, he issued a document in newspapers and periodicals, calling on Muslims all over the country to actively and courageously resist the Japanese war, and calling on Muslims all over the country to unite with the people of all ethnic groups to jointly fight against the enemy, showing the spirit of patriotism. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he returned to Anqing and served as a director of Anqing Muslim Association, in charge of mosque affairs and Hui public welfare undertakings. After liberation, he served as a librarian of the Provincial Literature and History Research Institute and a member of the Provincial Ethnic Affairs Committee. Ma Yisheng wrote more than one million words, including the history of Islam in China, the calendar of Hui Hui, the story of Jialing River, the Book of Changes, and the textual research of calendars. His History of Islam in China is the first monograph on the history of Islam and Hui nationality in China, which is of great historical value. The book "Hui Hui Calendar" examines the influence of Arabic astronomy on China calendar, and advances the introduction of Arabic calendar into China by 400 years, which is of great academic value.
3. Mayor Mama Hui (1903- 1993), a famous educator in Anhui, has served as deputy mayor of Anqing and deputy director of the National People's Congress since the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was also the first president of Anqing Huimin Association after the founding of the People's Republic of China. (At that time, the functions of the Hui people's association covered today's "Yi people's association" and "temple management committee". Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ma worked as a teacher and principal in 20 primary and secondary schools, teaching and educating people for more than 30 years. Ma carried out a variety of teaching experiments very early, and successively adopted Dewey's Dalton system, design teaching system and child-centered system, all of which achieved results. Finally, I accepted Tao Xingzhi's educational proposition: to promote the "art friendship system" and "little gentleman" and popularize education, so that a large number of illiterate people in Anqing can become literate. During the Anti-Japanese War, he was the editor-in-chief of Chongqing Islamic Forum and the editorial board of textbooks of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China. After its establishment, People's Republic of China (PRC) served as the first president of Anqing Huimin Association, and made contributions to safeguarding national unity and developing national economic and cultural undertakings. He also presided over the maintenance of mosques twice.