Chinese explorers

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

Xuanzang (; ; 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of his journey to the Indian subcontinent in 629–645, his efforts to bring at least 657 Indian texts to China, and his translations of some of these texts. He was only able to translate 75 distinct sections of a total of 1,335 chapters, but his translations included some of the most important Mahayana scriptures.

Faxian (337–), formerly romanized as Fa-hien , Fa-hsien, and Hiuen Tsang was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled on foot from Jin China to medieval India to acquire Buddhist scriptures. His birth name was Gong Sehi. Starting his journey about age 60, he traveled west along the overland Silk Road, visiting Buddhist sites in Central, South, and Southeast Asia. The journey and return took from 399 to 412, with 10 years spent in India.

imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC

Chinese military general, explorer and diplomat (32–102 CE)

Late first century Chinese military ambassador

Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty

Ming dynasty translator, voyager and writer

Chinese geographer and traveller

Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral

Chinese Buddhist monk, traveler, and writer during the Northern & Southern dynastic period

Ming dynasty explorer and writer

Chinese explorer

2nd-century Han dynasty official and general

Yishiha (; also rendered as Išiqa and Isiha; Jurchen: 60px ) (fl. 1409–1451), sinicized name Yi Xin (易信), was a Jurchen eunuch of the Ming dynasty of China. He served the Ming emperors who commissioned several expeditions down the Songhua and Amur Rivers during the period of Ming rule of Manchuria, and is credited with the construction of the only two Ming dynasty Buddhist temples ever built on the territory of present-day Russia.

Ming Dynasty diplomat

2nd century BC – 15th century travels abroad

Chinese explorer

explorer;first woman to have visited the North Pole, the South Pole, and Mount Everest

Chinese biochemist (1925–1980)

Chinese earth scientist and polar explorer