Admiral Zheng He or Cheng Ho (simplified Chinese: 郑和; traditional Chinese: 鄭和; pinyin: Zhènghé; Wade–Giles: Chêng-ho; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese...
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Ming treasure voyages (redirect from Voyages of Zheng He)
territories and islands of the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. Admiral Zheng He was commissioned to command the fleet for the expeditions. Six of the voyages...
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individuals so named Zheng He (1371–1433), Chinese admiral He (和) and He (合), collectively known as 和合二仙 (He-He er xian, "Two immortals He"), two Taoist immortals...
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St. Elmo's fire (section Zheng He)
Colophon had alluded to the phenomenon. In 15th-century Ming China, Admiral Zheng He and his associates composed the Liujiagang and Changle inscriptions, the...
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Admiral Zheng He (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 Zheng He's expedition...
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CMA CGM Zheng He is an Explorer class containership built for CMA CGM. It is among the world's largest containerships, at 16,020 TEU. The ship was built...
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Zheng He (Chinese: 郑和; born November 1958) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army who served as president of PLA National Defense University...
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Junk (ship) (section Expedition of Zheng He)
Church 2005, pp. 1–4, 38. "Zheng He xia Xiyang de chuan” 鄭和下西洋的船, Dongfang zazhi 東方雜誌 43 (1947) 1, pp. 47-51, reprinted in Zheng He yanjiu ziliao huibian 鄭和研究資料匯編...
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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...
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utmost zeal. The school of thought he used was Al-Shafi‘i with similar customs to those he had seen in India. Zheng He is credited to have settled Chinese...
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Chen Zuyi (section Defeat by Zheng He)
for several years. His fleet was defeated by the Ming dynasty Admiral Zheng He at the Battle of Palembang (1407). Chen was captured and sent to Chinese...
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Niushoushan (redirect from Zheng He Culture Park)
dynasty. Other attractions include the Zheng He Culture Park, with the grave of the Ming dynasty navigator Zheng He, and further developments are planned...
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in Kaifeng, dating to 1820. Zheng He, mariner and explorer Fei Xin, Zheng He's translator Ma Huan, a companion of Zheng He Generals from the Qing era:...
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Cartography of China (section Zheng He)
grids were produced. During the 15th century, the Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He went on a series of voyages to the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and beyond...
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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...
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Wat Phanan Choeng (section Visit by Zheng He)
was visited in 1407 CE by Zheng He, a Chinese Muslim eunuch admiral from Yunnan who leading his second Ming imperial voyage. He bestowed gifts upon the...
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Zheng Yi Sao (born Shi Yang; 1775–1844), also known as Shi Xianggu, Shek Yeung and Ching Shih, was a Chinese pirate leader active in the South China Sea...
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Chinese people in Kenya (section Zheng He's fleet)
Kenyan villages; however, these were believed to have been brought over by Zheng He during his 15th century ocean voyages. On Lamu Island off the Kenyan coast...
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Mao Kun map (redirect from Zheng He's Navigation Map)
modern Chinese sources as Zheng He's Navigation Map (traditional Chinese: 鄭和航海圖; simplified Chinese: 郑和航海图; pinyin: Zhèng Hé hánghǎi tú), is a set of navigation...
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local king Vira Alakesvara of Gampola. Zheng He captured King Vira Alakesvara and later released him. Zheng He erected the Galle Trilingual Inscription...
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Zheng He Xia Xiyang is a 2009 Chinese television series based on the voyages of Zheng He, the explorer who led seven expeditions to Southeast Asia, South...
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are mainly owed to the Ming admiral Zheng He's reports during his visit to Majapahit between 1405 and 1432. Zheng He's translator Ma Huan wrote a detailed...
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my two children, but it was not so. Only my daughter was given to me." Zheng He, a 14th and 15th century Chinese explorer, is credited to have settled...
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appointments. He rewarded his eunuch supporters and employed them as a counterweight against the Confucian scholar-bureaucrats. One eunuch, Zheng He, led seven...
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Zheng (simplified Chinese: 郑; traditional Chinese: 鄭; pinyin: Zhèng; Wade–Giles: Cheng4, [ʈʂə́ŋ] ) is a Chinese surname. It is the 7th name on the Hundred...
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Xuande Emperor in the Ming dynasty. He is best known as the commander of one of the detached squadrons of Zheng He's fleet during the Seventh Voyage of...
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Kunming Zheng He Shipman Football Club (Chinese: 昆明郑和船工足球俱乐部) is a defunct Chinese football club that participated in the China League Two. The team was...
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Kingdom of Tungning (redirect from Kingdom of Zheng)
Asia. The kingdom was founded by Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) after seizing control of Taiwan from Dutch rule. Zheng hoped to restore the Ming dynasty in Mainland...
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between Malacca and China. Two years later, Admiral Zheng He made his first of six visits to Malacca. Zheng He called at Malacca and brought Parameswara with...
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Bao Zheng (包拯; Bāo Zhěng; 5 March 999 – 3 July 1062), commonly known as Bao Gong (包公; Bāo Gōng; 'Lord Bao'), was a Chinese politician during the reign...
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