Ma Huan
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title:
Ma Huan
text:
Ma Huan, courtesy name Zongdao, pen name Mountain-woodcutter (會稽山樵), was a Chinese explorer, translator, and travel writer who accompanied Admiral Zheng He on three of his seven expeditions to the Western Oceans. Ma was a Muslim and was born in Zhejiang's Kuaiji Commandery, an area within the modern borders of Shaoxing. He knew several Classical Chinese and Buddhist texts. He learned Arabic to be able to translate.
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Chinese translator, voyager and writer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Huan
date created:
2005-12-03T12:06:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:33:32Z
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