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Ming Dynasty Eunuchs: Zheng He

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Zheng He (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Zhng H; Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho; Birth name: Ma He. Also known as: /; pinyin: M Snbo, Arabic/Persian name: Hajji Mahmud Shams) (13711435), was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" (Chinese: ) or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean," from 1405 to 1433. He is a descendant of the Persian governor of Yunnan, Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar. Zheng He was originally named 'Ma He' and was born in 1371. He was the second son of a Muslim family which also had four daughters, from Kunyang (), present day Jinning (), just south of Kunming near the southwest corner of Lake Tian in Yunnan. Both his grandfather and great-grandfather carried the title of Hajji, which indicates they had made the pilgrimage to Mecca. His great-grandfather was named Bayan and may have been a member of a Mongol garrison in Yunnan. In 1381, the year his father died, and following the defeat of the Northern Yuan, a Ming army was dispatched to Yunnan to put down the Mongol rebel Basalawarmi. Ma He, then only eleven years old, was captured and made a eunuch. He was sent to the Imperial court, where he was called 'San Bao' meaning 'Three Jewels.' He eventually became a trusted adviser of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1403-1424), assisting him in deposing his predecessor, the Jianwen Emperor. In return for meritorious service, the eunuch received the name Zheng He from the Yongle Emperor. In 1425 the Hongxi Emperor appointed him to be Defender of Nanjing. In 1428 the Xuande Emperor ordered him to complete the construction of the magnificent Buddhist nine-storied Da... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=34494


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781156298688
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 44
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156298687
  • Publisher Date: 31 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Zheng He
  • Width: 229 mm


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