According to the record of "Jin Shi Lie Biography 62 Zhongyi IV", Ma Qingxiang, the character Ruining, his real name is Xi Lijisi. His ancestors moved from the Western Regions to Lintao Didao, taking Ma as their surname, and later moved to Jingzhou Tianshan (now Inner Mongolia Siziwangqi). Ma Qingxiang was appointed as the chief judge of the Fengxiang Mansion Road.
In addition, it is mentioned in the "Yuan History: The Thirty-third Biography of Lie" that Ma Zuchang, whose name is Boyong, is from the Yonggu Department and lives in the Tianshan Mountains in Jingzhou. There was a Sirigis who was a judge of Fengxiang soldiers and horses during the Gaozu period of Matsu Chang, he died because of his temperament, and was given the title of Hengzhou Assassin, and his descendants inherited his official position and took Ma as his surname. Ma Zuchang's great-grandfather, Yue Henai, followed Shizu to fight in the Song Dynasty, stayed in Bianjing, was responsible for managing the salary, and successively served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Muhammad, the founder of Islam, has been translated as "mahama", "mokmat", "mohamd", etc. As a result, some ethnic minorities who practice Islam take the surname "Ma" (others use the surname "|".Ha", "Ma", etc.), which is also one of the reasons why the Hui have the most Ma surnames.
Others, such as the Jurchen Wang Gu clan in the Jin Dynasty, the Mongolian Helu clan in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Fei Mo clan and Ma Jia clan of the Manchurian Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty, all changed their surnames to horses.
Horse surname