Ma Dunjing (,

Xiao'erjing Xiao'erjing or Xiao'erjin or Xiaor jin or in its shortened form, Xiaojing, literally meaning "children's script" or "minor script" (cf. "original script" referring to the original Perso-Arabic script; zh, s=本经, t=本經, p=Běnjīng, Xiao ...

: ; 1906–1972) was a prominent Muslim

Ma Clique The Ma clique or Ma family warlords is a collective name for a group of Hui (Muslim Chinese) warlords in Northwestern China who ruled the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia for 10 years from 1919 until 1928. Following the collapse ...

General in China during the

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era, and was the son of General

Ma Hongbin Ma Hongbin ( zh, 马鸿宾, Xiao'erjing: , September 14, 1884 – October 21, 1960), was a prominent Chinese Muslim warlord active mainly during the Republican era, and was part of the Ma clique. He was the acting Chairman of Gansu and Ningxi ...

. Some sources give his birth date as 1901 rather than 1906. He fought against and defeated the Japanese in May 1938 in

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province during World War II, and he fought against the Communists in the Ningxia Campaign, but he defected to the Communists with his father, and led his 81st Corps to cross over to the

communists Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

. He died in

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in 1972. Ma Dunjing's grandfather was General

Ma Fulu Ma Fulu ( Chinese: 马福禄, Pinyin: Mǎ Fúlù, Xiao'erjing: ; 1854 – 1900), a Chinese Muslim, was the son of General Ma Qianling and the brother of Ma Fucai, Ma Fushou and Ma Fuxiang. He was a middle born son. In 1880, Ma Fulu went to Be ...

who died fighting the foreigners in the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an Xenophobia, anti-foreign, anti-colonialism, anti-colonial, and Persecution of Christians#China, anti-Christian uprising in China ...

in Beijing in 1900. His family moved Ma Fulu's remains in 1995 from Beijing to Linxia County.

Service

*1934 Commanding Officer 205th Regiment, 103rd Brigade, 35th Division *Commanding Officer 103rd Brigade, 35th Division *1937–1943 Chief of Staff 81st Army *1943–1946 General Officer Commanding 35th Division, 81st Army *1946–1947 General Officer Commanding 81st Division *1947–1948 Commander in Chief Haigu Army Group *1948–1949 General Officer Commanding 81st Army *1949 Revolts against the Nationalist Government *1949 Joins the

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References

The Generals of WWII, Generals from China, Lieutenant-General Ma Duijing
* Hutchings, Graham. Modern China. First. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.

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* 民国军阀派系谈 (The Republic of China warlord cliques discussed ) http://www.2499cn.com/junfamulu.htm 1906 births 1972 deaths Ma clique Republic of China warlords from Gansu National Revolutionary Army generals from Gansu Chinese Nationalist military figures Members of the Kuomintang Military personnel of the Republic of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War People from Linxia Chinese Muslim generals {{china-mil-bio-stub

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