A Chinese treasure ship (simplified Chinese: 宝船; traditional Chinese: 寶船; pinyin: bǎochuán, literally "gem ship"[14]) is a type of large wooden ship in the fleet of admiral Zheng He, who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty. The size of the treasure ships, the largest ships in Zheng He's fleet, has been a subject of much controversy, with some old Chinese records mentioning the size of 44 zhang or 44.4 zhang, which has been interpreted by some modern scholars as over 100 m (330 ft) in length, while others have stated that Zheng He's largest ship was around 70 m (230 ft) or less.[15]
^Wake, June 2004: 63, quoting Guan Jincheng, 15 January 1947: 49
^ abLo 2012, p. 114.
^Church 2005, p. 16.
^ abLevathes 1994, p. 81-82.
^Cite error: The named reference Xin Yuanou 2002, p.8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Suryadinata 2005, p. 135.
^Depiction on the 天妃经 (Tian Fei Jing) or "Heavenly Princess Classics" from ca. 1420, which depicted ships with six masts.
^Depiction on the 17th century woodblock print
^Mills 1970, p. 2.
^Finlay 1992, p. 227.
^Wake 2004, p. 74.
^Wake 2004, p. 64, 75.
^Ming 2011, p. 15.
^Wake 2004, p. 75.
^Ling, Xue (July 12, 2022). Li, Ma; Limin, Wu; Xiuling, Pei (eds.). "郑和大号宝船到底有多大？ (How big was Zheng He's large treasure ship?)" (PDF). 扬子晚报 (Yangtze Evening News).
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