The Relationship Between The Hui And Political Situation In Xinjiang In Early 20th Century

The Hui Nationality is a very important part in the extended family of China. For Xinjiang is situated in the passage of Silk Road, the history which the Hui Nationality moved to Xinjiang is longtime. From the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the ancestor of the Hui Nationality had begun to move into Xinjiang in an endless stream till the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Especially in the Qing Dynasty, the population of Hui Nationality in Xinjiang increased greatly. At last, it became a great social force in Xinjiang history. In the early days of the 20th century , which was a historical period of the transition from the old to the new and was full of social changes, the people of the Hui Nationality played an important role.Based on a large number of first-hand materials, this paper expounds the Hui Nationality's sigaificant effect on political power transition in the Xinjiang modern history. According to the time order, it consists of five parts. Namely, the first part briefly introduces the source of the Hui Nationality in Xinjiang and its general situation in Xinjiang modern history;.The second part discusses how did Yang Zengxin use the army of the Hui Nationality to build and strengthen his personal rule;.The third part refers to the Xinjiang Hui Nationality in the period of Jin Shuren's regime. The faults in policy towards nationalities caused the turmoil in Hami, what's more, his improper measures led to outside force that was Ma Zhongying in Gan Su, a Hui Nationality warlord. Jin Shuren faild in this battle. The fourth part expatiates on the fight between Sheng Shicai and Ma Zhongying. Because of depending on the outside force, Sheng Shicai won the war and intensified-his power. Whereas, Ma Zhongying had to leave for foreign country. The last part mainly evaluates the Hui Nationality's action in Xinjiang modemhistory, including the aspects of politics, economy, culture and so on. As stated above, this five parts constitute an entirety in which it portrays the Hui Nationality's political activities in Xinjiang modern history that was full of changes and struggles. As a whole, Xinjiang modern history is a life-and-death, turbulent period. In this time, Yang, Jin, Sheng dominated Xinjiang successively. Their authorities were produced in the crevice of social turbulence and the Hui Nationality participated in it from beginning to end. Reviewing the past, the transition of regime related with the Hui Nationality's activities in Xinjiang modern history tightly. There are several reasons. For one thing, except for the influence of the outside circumstances, because of complicated religion and nationalities in Xinjiang, the rulers' policies towards nationalities will affect the stability of this area. For another, the result was determined by the Hui Nationality's special status. The Hui Nationality was produced gradually after Islam had permeated into China. It lacked the deep foundation of native civilization. So it brought up the sensitive national character. In addition, the Hui Nationality suffered the deepest repress during the Qing Dynasty, thus they were full of struggling consciousness. At the same time, the Hui Nationality was in the intermediary between Islamic civilization and Han civilization. As a result, some Hui Nationality's activities deeply affected other nationalities.For this reason, to inquire into the relation between the Hui Nationality and the development of political situation in Xinjiang modern history not only enriches the research on the Hui Nationality and Xinjiang history, but also benefits to sum up experiences and lessons. Meanwhile, it has a great significance to the stability of social order and national unity in Xinjiang.I look up a lot of dossiers, documents, periodicals, private memoirs etc. Using dossiers not only enrich the source of reference materials, but also supply some newhistorical data for writing. The most of writer of the private memoirs went though various events so they had deeper experiences about historical facts. But it'...