Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Ma i te kainga o Hanchiachi, i Linxia County, Gansu. Ko ia te tama a Ma Fulu i mate i te tau 1900 i a ia e whawhai ana ki nga manene i te
Ko te Pakanga o Peking (1900) i roto i te Boxer Rebellion. I te mea he teina o Ma Fuxiang, i whai ia ia, a muri ake ko Feng Yuxiang ki te ope taua. Ko ia me Ma Fuxiang i tiaki i tetahi misioni Katorika i Sandaohe mai i nga whakaeke a te Gelaohui, ana i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Order of Leopold (Belgium) ("King Leopold decoration") I te wa o te whakaekenga i Gansu i te Pakanga Central Plains, i whakaekehia te Tiamana Ma Tingxiang e Ma Hongbin e mahi ana i te whakahaere a Feng i Ningxia.