“Driven by the motto Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa (language is the soul of a nation), Wu Zongyu has devoted his life to the promotion of the Malay language,” declared Malaysian media of Wu, a pioneer of Malay language education in China. Over the past 50 years, Wu has contributed his wisdom and passion to Malay teaching at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and trained many students who now wield a good command of Malay.