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, known for his fluency and proficiency in both Arabic and Persian, and for his knowledge of Islam. 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). He was also styled as "Mawlana al-Hajj Yusuf Ruh al-Din Ma Fujuh" (مولانا الحاج يوسف روح الدين ما فو جوه).