WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Zheng He (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhènghé; Wade–Giles: Chêng-ho; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China’s early Ming dynasty, and often regarded as the greatest sailor in Chinese History.

Detailed explanation-2: -The significance of Zheng He’s Voyages is for diplomatic and trade relations with other countries. However the main purpose of the voyages was to spread awe, to communicate China’s ‘soft power’, of Chinese culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the late 4th and early 5th centuries, Chinese pilgrims like Faxian, Zhiyan, and Tanwujie began to travel to India by sea, bringing Buddhist scriptures and sutras back to China. By the 7th century, as many as 31 recorded Chinese monks, including I Ching, managed to reach India the same way.

Detailed explanation-4: -Leading voyages across the globe a century before Christopher Columbus reached the Americas, Zheng has been described as one of the greatest explorers of all time. He was born Ma He in 1371 in China’s southern Yunnan province to parents from the ethnic Hui minority, who are majority Muslim.