Wang Jingzhai

[4] He began the translation due to a request from the son of female Chinese Muslim scholar Ding Yunhui.

[5] 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.

At an early age, Wang's father begin teaching him about Islamic and Confucian scholarship.

Later on, Wang performed the hajj and then attended Al-Azhar University, where he gained fluency in Arabic.

During the Republican era, Wang founded several religious periodicals advocating for Chinese Muslims to fully participate in the construction and upkeep of the nation.