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Zheng He
鄭和
Statue from a modern monument to Zheng He at the Stadthuys Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia
Born
Ma He
1371[1]
Kunming, Yunnan, Principality of Liang, Yuan China
Died
1433 (aged 61–62) or 1435 (aged 63–64)
Other names
Ma He Ma Sanbao Cheng Ho Mahmud Shams
Occupations
Admiral, diplomat, explorer, and palace eunuch
Era
Ming dynasty
Zheng He
Zheng's name in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese
鄭和
Simplified Chinese
郑和
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhèng Hé
Wade–Giles
Cheng4 Ho2
Yale Romanization
Jèng Hé
IPA
[ʈʂə̂ŋ xɤ̌]
Wu
Romanization
Zen Wu
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jehng Wòh
Jyutping
Zeng6 Wo4
IPA
[tsɛːŋ˨ wɔː˩]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Tēⁿ Hô
Tâi-lô
Tēnn Hô
Zheng He (simplified Chinese: 郑和; traditional Chinese: 鄭和; pinyin: Zhènghé; Wade–Giles: Chêng-ho; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during the early Ming dynasty often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family and later adopted the surname Zheng conferred by the Yongle Emperor.[2] Commissioned by the Yongle Emperor and later the Xuande Emperor, Zheng commanded seven expeditionary treasure voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. According to legend, his larger ships carried hundreds of sailors on four decks and were almost twice as long as any wooden ship ever recorded.
As a favorite of the Yongle Emperor, whom Zheng assisted in the overthrow of the Jianwen Emperor, Zheng He rose to the top of the imperial hierarchy and served as commander of the southern capital Nanjing.
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and islands in and around the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. Admiral ZhengHe was commissioned to command the fleet for the expeditions. Six of the voyages...
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for several years. His fleet was defeated by the Ming dynasty Admiral ZhengHe at the Battle of Palembang (1407). Chen was captured and sent to Chinese...
Admiral ZhengHe (Cheng Ho)'s Seven Wells lie in the foot of the Bukit China, beside the Poh San Teng Temple. These wells were dug by Admiral ZhengHe's expedition...
grids were produced. During the 15th century, the Ming dynasty admiral ZhengHe went on a series of voyages to the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and beyond...
utmost zeal. The school of thought he used was Al-Shafi‘i with similar customs to those he had seen in India. ZhengHe is credited to have settled Chinese...
was visited in 1407 CE by ZhengHe, a Chinese Muslim eunuch admiral from Yunnan who leading his second Ming imperial voyage. He bestowed gifts upon the...
He was best known for his controversial book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, in which he asserts that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng He...
dynasty. Other attractions include the ZhengHe Culture Park, with the grave of the Ming dynasty navigator ZhengHe, and further developments are planned...
appointments. He rewarded his eunuch supporters and employed them as a counterweight against the Confucian scholar-bureaucrats. One eunuch, ZhengHe, led seven...
my two children, but it was not so. Only my daughter was given to me." ZhengHe, a 14th and 15th century Chinese explorer, is credited to have settled...
Lakandula in northern Tundun (now Tondo, Manila.) The Chinese Muslim mariner ZhengHe is credited with founding several Chinese Muslim communities in Mandaue...
local king Vira Alakesvara of Gampola. ZhengHe captured King Vira Alakesvara and later released him. ZhengHe erected the Galle Trilingual Inscription...
modern Chinese sources as ZhengHe's Navigation Map (traditional Chinese: 鄭和航海圖; simplified Chinese: 郑和航海图; pinyin: ZhèngHé hánghǎi tú), is a set of navigation...
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and sails. The fleets in ZhengHe's voyages were also populated by various other people with differing skills. During ZhengHe's voyages, eunuchs served...
and undertook preparations to do so. On February 24, 1425, he appointed Admiral ZhengHe as the defender of Nanjing and ordered him to continue his command...
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