Chinese eunuchs

Published by Reference Series Books LLC Apr 2012, 2012

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Neuware -Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Chapters: Han Dynasty eunuchs, Ming Dynasty eunuchs, Tang Dynasty eunuchs, Zheng He, Sima Qian, Cai Lun, Gao Lishi, Tian Lingzi, Qiu Shiliang, Yang Fugong, Li Fuguo, Tutu Chengcui, Yu Chao'en, Wang Shoucheng, Yishiha, Yang Fuguang, Cheng Yuanzhen, Tong Guan, Zhao Gao, Hong Bao, Zong Ai, Zhu Jingmei, Gang Bing, Liu Jin, Sun Cheng, Huang Hao, Zheng Zhong, Nguyen An, Zhou Man, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Jinghong, Li Lianying, Sun Yaoting, Wang Zhen, Zuo Feng, Eight Tigers. Excerpt: Zheng He (1371¿1435, ¿¿ / ¿¿; pinyin: Zhèng Hé), also known as Ma Sanbao (¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿) and Hajji Mahmud Shamsuddin (Persian: ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿) was a Muslim Hui-Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa, collectively referred to as the Voyages of Zheng He or Voyages of Cheng Ho from 1405 to 1433. The route of the 7th voyage of Zheng He's fleet. Solid line: main fleet; dashed line: a possible route of Hong Bao's squadron; dotted line: a trip of seven Chinese sailors, including Ma Huan, from Calicut to Mecca on a native ship. Cities visited by Zheng He's fleet or its squadron on the 7th or any of the previous voyages are shown in red.Zheng, born as Ma 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 Dian in Yunnan. He was the great great great grandson of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, a Persian who served in the administration of the Mongolian Empire and was appointed governor of Yunnan during the early Yuan Dynasty. 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 was killed, following the defeat of the Northern Yuan, a Ming army was dispatched to Yunnan to put down the army of the Mongol Yuan loyalist Basalawarmi during the Ming conquest of Yunnan. Ma He, then only eleven years old, was captured by the Ming Muslim troops of Lan Yu and Fu Youde 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 42 pp. Englisch.

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• Title: Chinese eunuchs
• Publisher: Reference Series Books LLC Apr 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu