Hu Songshan

Hu Songshan
Hu Songshan
Traditional Chinese	虎嵩山
Simplified Chinese	虎嵩山
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hǔ Sōngshān
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjing	ﺧُﻮْ ﺻْﻮ شً

Imam Hu Songshan
Imam Hu Songshan
虎嵩山阿訇
Title	Ahong
Personal
Born	1880; Tongxin County, Ningxia, Qing Dynasty
Died	1955 (aged 74–75); China
Religion	Yihewani Hanafi Sunni islam
Senior posting
Based in	Ningxia, China
Period in office	1927–1955
Post	Imam and scholar of the Yihewani, scripturalist, theologian.

Hu Songshan (1880–1955), a Hui, was born in 1880, in Tongxin County, Ningxia, China. His Muslim name in Arabic was Sa'd al-Din (Arabic: سعد الدين Sa'd ad-Dīn; simplified Chinese: 赛尔敦丁; traditional Chinese: 賽爾敦丁; pinyin: sài ěr dūn dīng). Although he was born Sufi and turned Wahhabi, he changed his views and turned his back on Wahhabism after a Hajj to Mecca and later became an important imam, scripturalist, and leader of the Yihewani Muslim sect in China. He was influential and played an important role in Chinese Islam in this position as he propagated reformist doctrines in Ningxia in his later life. Hu also played a role in rallying Muslims against the Japanese invasion of China.^[5]

^ Manger, Leif O., ed. (1999). Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts. Vol. 26 of NIAS studies in Asian topics: Nordisk Institut for Asienstudier (illustrated ed.). Psychology Press. p. 149. ISBN 070071104X. ISSN 0142-6028. Retrieved 24 April 2014. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ Gladney, Dru C. (1996). Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic. Vol. 149 of Harvard East Asian monographs (illustrated ed.). Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 459. ISBN 0674594975. ISSN 0073-0483. Retrieved 24 April 2014. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.) (1987). Papers from the Conference on Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance, Banff, August 20-24, 1987, Volume 3. Schwarz. p. 48. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ Lin, Chang-kuan (1991). Chinese Muslims of Yunnan, Southwest China, with special reference to their revolt 1855-1873, Volume 2. King's College, University of Aberdeen. p. 446. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ 海宝明 (26 May 2009). "著名经学家虎嵩山阿訇的爱国情". 中国民族报电子版. No. 第07版. p. 3. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[1] Manger, Leif O., ed. (1999). Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts. Vol. 26 of NIAS studies in Asian topics: Nordisk Institut for Asienstudier (illustrated ed.). Psychology Press. p. 149. ISBN 070071104X. ISSN 0142-6028. Retrieved 24 April 2014. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

[2] Gladney, Dru C. (1996). Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic. Vol. 149 of Harvard East Asian monographs (illustrated ed.). Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 459. ISBN 0674594975. ISSN 0073-0483. Retrieved 24 April 2014. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

[3] Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.) (1987). Papers from the Conference on Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance, Banff, August 20-24, 1987, Volume 3. Schwarz. p. 48. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[4] Lin, Chang-kuan (1991). Chinese Muslims of Yunnan, Southwest China, with special reference to their revolt 1855-1873, Volume 2. King's College, University of Aberdeen. p. 446. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[5] 海宝明 (26 May 2009). "著名经学家虎嵩山阿訇的爱国情". 中国民族报电子版. No. 第07版. p. 3. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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