A Ming history states: "In the Yuan dynasty, the Hui [Muslims] were everywhere." It was in the Yuan dynasty, under Mongol rule, that Islam truly set roots in China and enjoyed an important social position, with the Muslims becoming an important minority people.
明史上記載著：「元時回回滿天下」，穆斯林在中國生根、享有重要的社會地位、併發展成為一個中國重要的少數民族，是在蒙古人統治下的元朝。