馬約 [馬洗繁] (1894-1945)
Yueah Ma was born into a prestigious family in Changli, Hebei province, China in 1894 and graduated from Nankai in 1916. The following year, although still in China, Ma joined the efforts of a group of Nankai alumni studying in Japan to found the New China Study Society in Tokyo.
Ma himself went to study in Japan in 1918, attending Waseda University, then attended Grinnell College from 1919 to 1920, before transferring the following year to Columbia University, where he reportedly received a master’s degree.
Ma returned to China in 1923 and taught at various institutions of higher education. He joined the Nationalist party in 1925 and participated in KMT’s Northern Expedition to reunite China. In 1930-1932 he studied at the London School of Economics, after which he became Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Law School at Central University in Nanjing. In 1942 and 1943 he was elected to the Senate in the Republic of China. He passed away in 1945 and was posthumously commended by the Nationalist government.
Sun Li’an. “Jieshi Chizi Ma Xifan.” (Ma Xifan: The Son of Jieshi.) Accessed, February 22, 2026, https://kknews.cc/history/pbzvar2.html.