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1、ZhengHe’sVoyagestotheWesternSeasWHO’SZHENGHEIn1371,ZhengHewasborninwhatisnowYunnanProvincetoMuslimparents,whonamedhimMaSanpao.Whenhewas11yearsold,invadingMingarmiescapturedMaandtookhimtoNanjing.Therehewascastratedandmadetoserveasaeunuchintheimperialho
2、usehold.MabefriendedaprincetherewholaterbecametheYongLeEmperor,oneoftheMingDynasty'smostdistinguished.Brave,strong,intelligentandtotallyloyal,Mawonthetrustoftheprincewho,afterascendingthethrone,gavehimanewnameandmadehimGrandImperialEunuch.RoadMapToThe
3、WesternSeasThevoyagestothewesternseasEarlyinthe15thcentury,ahugefleetofshipssetsailfromNanjing.Itwasthefirstofaseriesofvoyagesthatwould,forabriefperiod,establishChinaastheleadingpoweroftheage.ThevoyagewasledbyZhengHe,themostimportantChineseadventurero
4、falltimeandoneofthegreatestsailorstheworldhaseverknown.Infact,somepeoplethinkhewastheoriginalmodelforthelegendarySinbadtheSailor.Zheng'sfleethadmorethan300shipsand30,000sailors.Thelargestvessels,133-meter-long"treasureships",haduptoninemastsandcouldca
5、rryathousandpeople.AlongwithaHanandMuslimcrew,ZhengopeneduptraderoutesinAfrica,India,andSoutheastAsia.Thepurposeofzhenghe'svoyageYongLewasanambitiousemperorwhobelievedthatChina'sgreatnesswouldbeincreasedwithan"open-door"policyregardinginternationaltra
6、deanddiplomacy.In1405,heorderedChineseshipstosailtotheIndianOcean,andputZhengHeinchargeofthevoyage.Zhengwentontoleadsevenexpeditionsin28years,visitingmorethan40countries.WhileZhengHe'smainaimwastoshowthesuperiorityofMingChina,heoftengotinvolvedinthelo
7、calpoliticsofplaceshevisited.InCeylon,forinstance,hehelpedrestorethelegitimaterulertothethrone.OntheislandofSumatra,nowpartofIndonesia,hedefeatedthearmyofadangerouspirateandtookhimtoChinaforexecution.ThevoyageshelpedexpandforeigninterestinChinesegoods
8、suchassilkandporcelain.Inaddition,ZhengHebroughtexoticforeignitemsbacktoChina,includingthefirstgiraffeeverseenthere.Atthesametime,thefleet'sobviousstrengthmeantthattheEmperorofChinacommandedrespectandinspiredfearalloverAsia.ThemeaningofvoyageE
