#217 - Ming 10: I'm On A Boat!

The History of China

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🗓️ 31 May 2021

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The Yongle Emperor decides it's time for Great Ming to bust out its swim trunks and its flippy-floppies... because he's going to make the biggest, bestest oceanic fleet of awesomesauce that the world has ever seen! And put in command is his trusted, tried-and-true battle-buddy: the Grand Admiral Zheng He! Time Period Covered: 1371-1405 CE Significant Historical Figures: The Yongle Emperor (Zhu Di) [r. 1402-1424] Grand Admiral Zheng He (né Ma He) [1371-1433] Tianfei, the Goddess of the Sea and Patron Protector of Sailors [eternal] Sources Cited: Chan, Hok-lam. “The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-xi, Hsüan-te Reigns” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I. Levathes, Louise. The China Ruled the Seas:The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433. Paterson, Erik T. “James Lind, Zheng He and the Prevention of Scurvy” in The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	I'm on a boat.
0:52.0	From the time when we, Zheng He and his companions,
0:56.0	at the beginning of the Yongle Period, received the Imperial Commission as envoys to the barbarians.
1:01.0	Up till now, seven voyages have taken place.
1:04.0	And each time, we have commanded several tens of thousands of government soldiers
1:08.0	and more than a hundred ocean-going vessels.
1:11.0	Starting from Tai Ching, and taking the sea,
1:13.0	we have by way of the countries of Tampa, Saiam, Java, Cochin,
1:18.0	and Calacut, reached Hormuz, and other countries of the Western regions,
1:22.0	more than 30 countries in all.
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