Dungan people
Shiwazi, who had a strong sense of national responsibility and mission, made significant contributions to the development and prosperity of Dungan art and culture. He founded Soviet Dungan literature, was the author of many textbooks in Dungan language and literature and brought literacy to the Dungan people—most of whom were illiterate after they fled the Qing dynasty. The first book that he wrote, "The Morning Star", was published in 1931 and is the first printed book in the history of the Dungan people. He is the author of more than thirty books, including collections of poems and short stories in Russian, Kyrgyz and Dungan. He's made translations of classics of Soviet literature from Russian to Dungan and he's translated classics of Kyrgyz writers and poets into Dungan. His works have also been translated into other languages spoken by the various peoples of the USSR, some of which have been published abroad.