Zheng He (also romanized Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese admiral, explorer, diplomat, and bureaucrat during the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644)...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Han Zheng (Chinese: 韩正; pinyin: Hán Zhèng; born 22[citation needed] April 1954) is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the vice president...
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Colin Huang (redirect from Huang Zheng)
Colin Huang Zheng (Chinese: 黄峥; pinyin: Huáng Zhēng, born 1 January 1980) is a Chinese businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and...
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Zhenghe (redirect from Zheng He (disambiguation))
Zhenghe or Zheng He may refer to: Zheng He (1371–1433), Ming dynasty admiral and explorer Zheng He (general) (1958–), general of the People's Liberation...
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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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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 (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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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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episode, Riker has been reinstated to active duty. He is temporarily in command of the USS Zheng He, the lead ship in a Starfleet squadron sent to the...
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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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and undertook preparations to do so. On February 24, 1425, he appointed Admiral Zheng He as the defender of Nanjing and ordered him to continue his command...
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Zheng Siwei (Chinese: 郑思维; pinyin: Zhèng Sīwéi; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. He is an Olympic gold medalist...
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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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