About Wang Jingzhai
Lived 1879 – 1949 (aged 69–70). Wang Jingzhai was a Chinese translator and writer.
Wang Jingzhai (; 1879 - 1949) was a well-known Muslim scholar during the Republic of China period. He was the first or possibly second person to translate the entire Qur'an into Chinese, in either 1927 or 1932. He began the translation due to a request from the son of female Chinese Muslim scholar Ding Yunhui. Yunhui had written the Omudai, a partial translation of the Qur'an which omitted any references to Islamic sexual jurisprudence due to the prevailing sensitivities in women's mosques in China at the time.
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Who was Wang Jingzhai?
translator and writer (1879-1949)
When was Wang Jingzhai born?
Wang Jingzhai was born in 1879 in Tianjin.
When did Wang Jingzhai die?
Wang Jingzhai died in 1949.
What was Wang Jingzhai's occupation?
Wang Jingzhai was a translator and writer.
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Wang Jingzhai was Chinese.
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