Zheng He (1371-1433), a navigator in the early Ming Dynasty. My surname is Ma, from Kunyang, Yunnan (now Jinning). Hui people. During the Hongwu period, he entered the palace as a eunuch, also known as the Three Treasures Eunuch. He was given the surname Zheng and his original name was Zheng He. From the third year of Yongle (1405) to the eighth year of Xuande (1433), he was ordered to lead the fleet on seven voyages to the Western Ocean, visiting more than 30 countries and regions along the coasts of Asia and Africa, as far as the hemp forest on the east coast of Africa (now part of Kenya). A pioneering work in the history of world navigation. As a political envoy and business representative of the Ming government, Zheng He would give gifts to local chiefs and kings wherever he went to express his sincerity. Conduct mutually beneficial trade with them and invite their envoys to China. Therefore, Zheng He's fleet was welcomed in most countries and regions. In the eighth year of Xuande's reign, he died in Guli (now the west coast of southern India) on his way back. Sadura (about 1272-1355), a poet of the Yuan Dynasty. Hui people (some say Mongolian people). His ancestors were from the Western Regions. Born in Yanmen (now Dai County, Shanxi). He loved literature, was good at painting and calligraphy, and had the talent of "a tiger crouching and a dragon leaping". However, because the imperial examinations had been held for decades at that time, it was difficult to enter an official career. He has been running around doing business for many years just to make a living, and has experienced all kinds of hardships in the world. In the tenth year of Dade's reign in the Yuan Dynasty (1306), he abandoned business and returned home in despair, and devoted himself to literary creation. In the fourth year of Taiding (1327), he passed the rank of top three Jinshi at the age of fifty-six. In the first year of Tianli (1328), he was appointed Dalu Huachi, the Recorder of Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province). He served for three years and made considerable political achievements. Later, he was transferred to Jiangnan Xingtai Huihui Shi, and was demoted from the eighth rank to a minor official of no rank. He deeply felt that the field was sinister. At the end of his term of service, when he was on Tiaoren Zhending Road (now Zhengding, Hebei), he was full of pride and vowed to "walk the Ma Yanshan Road in the Ming Dynasty and win the boy who talked about the Red Mansion". Later, he worked in the Integrity and Integrity Investigation Department of Hebei Province and the Integrity and Integrity Investigation Department of Jiangbei Province in Henan Province. In the sixth year of Zhizheng period (1346), he went to Taiwan to serve as the censor. From Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty to Emperor Huizong (Shun Emperor) of the Yuan Dynasty, he lived through 11 dynasties and lasted for more than 80 years. He traveled in officialdom for a long time, traveled all over the world, worked hard every day, and created rich works. He has more than 780 poems and 14 lyrics. Because he had extensive contact with all walks of life and was familiar with the sufferings of the people, he often expressed his political opinions in poetry and exposed the arrogance and extravagance of the rulers. His representative works include "Sounding the Corner on a Cold Night", "Sad Song: A Sorrow for General Yan", "Ballad of a Couple", "Conquering Women's Resentments", etc. Good at calligraphy and painting. Today there are "Yanling Diaoyutai Pictures" and "Mei Que". There is "Yanmen Collection" handed down from generation to generation. Li Zhi (1527-1602), a thinker of the Ming Dynasty. A thinker of the Ming Dynasty and a pioneer of the anti-feudal enlightenment movement. At the age of 76, he was charged with heresy and forced to die in prison in Tongzhou, Hebei. Hai Rui (1514～1587), minister of Ming Dynasty. Born in Qiongshan, Guangdong (now part of Hainan). Hui people. A famous politician in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he was famous for his uprightness and his courage to give direct advice to later generations, and was known as "the sea and the sky". In the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing's reign (1549), the people were elected. He first served as the academic magistrate of Nanping County, Fujian Province, and later successively served as magistrate of Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, general magistrate of Jiaxing, head of the household department, governor of Yingtian, and censor of Youdu. His official career was bumpy and he was repeatedly ostracized. He was once imprisoned for criticizing the emperor. But he has always been upright, enforced the law fairly, advocated the punishment of corruption and hegemony, rectified the administration of officials, and vindicated some unjust cases. He was known as an upright official at that time and in later generations. There are many folk legends about his fair handling of cases. There are "Hai Gangfeng Collection" and various versions of "Hai Rui Collection" in circulation. Ma Benzhai (1901-1944), leader of the Hui detachment during the Anti-Japanese War and commander of the Eighth Route Army. Hui people. A native of Xianxian County, Hebei Province. In his early years, he joined the Northeast Army and served as regimental commander. In 1935, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. After the July 7th Incident, he organized a Hui volunteer team in his hometown to fight against the Japanese invaders. In 1938, he led a team to join the Eighth Route Army and served as the captain of the Hui Training Corps of the Jizhong Military Region. Joined the Communist Party of China in October of the same year. In July 1939, he was appointed commander of the Hui Detachment of the Jizhong Military Region. He led his troops to fight in Jizhong and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Plain, and cooperated with the main force to continuously attack the Japanese army. In June 1942, he served as the commander of the Hui Detachment and the commander of the Third Military Division of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei, Shandong and Henan. He repeatedly defeated Japanese raids and thwarted the sabotage activities of the Kuomintang die-hards. Yang Jingren (1918-) was born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. Hui people.
Joined the Communist Party of China in the autumn of 1937. From 1937 to 1941, he joined the Communist Party of China sympathizers group in Lanzhou and was engaged in anti-Japanese and national salvation work. He served as member and secretary of the Hui Special Branch directly under the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Gansu Province. Member of the Standing Committee of the Muslim Education Promotion Association, executive director of the Islamic Society, and executive director of the Gansu Provincial Muslim Youth National Salvation Association. He studied at the Ethnic Department of Northern Shaanxi Public School in 1941 and served as party branch secretary, and political commissar of the Hui Cavalry Regiment in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. From 1947, he served as the chief of the Ethnic Section of the United Front Work Department of the Northwest Bureau, the captain of the guerrilla team of the Northwest Bureau, and a member of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government. Since 1949, he has been a member of the Preparatory Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the first committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an officer of the Party Leadership Group, Director of the Fourth Division of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Director of the General Office, Deputy Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, and a member of the Leading Party Members' Group. Since 1960, he has served as First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Chairman of the People's Committee of the Autonomous Region, Political Commissar of the Ningxia Military Region, and Secretary of the Northwest Bureau Secretariat. After 1977, he served as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Deputy Director of the Revolutionary Committee of the Autonomous Region, Chairman of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Vice Minister and Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, and Vice Premier of the State Council. Vice-chairman of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, representative of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th National People's Congress, member of the 11th, 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.