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Zheng He

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Zheng He

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Also known as Ma He, Cheng Ho, Sanbao, Sanbao Taijian

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

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Zheng He, also known by his birth name Ma He, was a male explorer, diplomat, navigator, and eunuch who served the Ming dynasty. Born in 1371, he held the rank of admiral of the fleet and worked under the Yongle Emperor, Hongxi Emperor, and Xuande Emperor. His career began in 1405, during which he conducted voyages to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East. He practiced Islam and spoke Chinese.

He died in Nanjing in 1435. Zheng He is described in the *History of Ming* and is a relative of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar. His work is referenced by 639 other encyclopedia articles. Open Library lists works associated with him, including *Tianchao Lueying* and *Yue Han zi dian*.

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Origin
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  1. Deep Residual Learning for Image Recognition

    · 2016 · cited 170,637x

  2. Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection with Region Proposal Networks

    · 2017 · cited 34,406x

  3. clusterProfiler: an R Package for Comparing Biological Themes Among Gene Clusters

    · 2012 · cited 32,633x

  4. Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows

    · 2021 · cited 29,344x

  5. Mask R-CNN

    · 2017 · cited 26,617x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Ma
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ming dynasty
Place of birth
Kunming
Place of death
Nanjing
Occupation
traveler
Employer
Xuande Emperor
Languages spoken
Chinese
Religion
Islam
Notable work
Treasure Voyages
Military rank
admiral of the fleet
Image
Zheng He.jpg
Work location
Indian Ocean
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Commons category
Zheng He
date of death
1435-00-00
date of birth
1371-00-00
birth name
Ma He
commander of (DEPRECATED)
Treasure Voyages
described by source
History of Ming
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic's main category
Category:Zheng He
start of work period
1405-00-00
relative
Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar
name in native language
鄭和
ethnic group
Hui people
subject has role
eunuch
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Encyclopedic overview

Birth name Traditional Chinese馬和 Simplified Chinese马和

Zheng He (Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese explorer, admiral, diplomat, and eunuch from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history. Born into a Muslim family as Ma He, he later adopted the surname Zheng conferred onto him by the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424).

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