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- Treasure_voyages abstract "In Chinese history, the treasure voyages were the seven Ming-era maritime voyages of the treasure fleet between 1405 to 1433. The Yongle Emperor initiated the construction of the treasure fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted in seven far-reaching ocean voyages to the coastal territories and islands in and around the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and beyond. Admiral Zheng He was commissioned to command the treasure fleet for the expeditions. Six of the voyages occurred during the Yongle reign (r. 1402–24), while the seventh voyage occurred under the Xuande reign (r. 1425–1435). The first three voyages reached up to Calicut on India's southwestern coast, while the fourth voyage went as far as Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Afterwards, the fleet made voyages farther away to the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa.The Chinese expeditionary fleet was heavily militarized and carried great amounts of treasures, which served to project Chinese power and wealth to the known world. They brought back many foreign ambassadors whose kings and rulers were willing to declare themselves tributaries of China. During the course of the voyages, they destroyed Chen Zuyi's pirate fleet at Palembang, conquered the Sinhalese Kotte kingdom of King Alekeshvara, and defeated the forces of the Semudera pretender Sekandar in northern Sumatra. The Chinese maritime exploits had brought many foreign countries into the nation's tributary system and sphere of influence through both military and political supremacy, thus incorporating the states into the greater Chinese world order under Ming suzerainty.The treasure voyages were commanded and overseen by the eunuch establishment whose political influence was heavily dependent on imperial favor. However, within Ming China's imperial state system, the civil government were the primary political opponents of the eunuchs and the opposing faction against the expeditions. Around the end of the maritime voyages, the civil government gained the upper hand within the state bureaucracy, while the eunuchs gradually fell out of favor after the death of the Yongle Emperor.Over the course of the maritime voyages of the early 15th century, Ming China had become the pre-eminent naval power by projecting its sea-power south and west. There is still much debate to this day about the actual purpose of the voyages, the size of the ships, the magnitude of the fleet, the routes taken, the nautical charts employed, the countries visited, and the cargo carried.".
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- Treasure_voyages l "[Voyages of] Zheng He down the Western Ocean".
- Treasure_voyages name "zhangchi".
- Treasure_voyages p "Zhèng Hé Xià Xīyáng".
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- Treasure_voyages piccap "Several of Zheng He's ships as depicted on a woodblock print, early 17th century".
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- Treasure_voyages quote "And made captive that entire country,".
- Treasure_voyages quote "And they humbly kowtowed, making crude sounds".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Bringing back to our august capital,".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Cleaning out in a single sweep those noxious pests, as if winnowing chaff from grain...".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Did not even merit the punishment of Heaven.".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Praising the sage-like virtue of the imperial Ming ruler.".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Straight-away, their dens and hideouts we ravaged,".
- Treasure_voyages quote "The power of the goddess, having indeed been manifested in previous times, has been abundantly revealed in the present generation. In the midst of the rushing waters it happened that, when there was a hurricane, suddenly a divine lantern was seen shining at the masthead, and as soon as that miraculous light appeared the danger was appeased, so that even in the peril of capsizing one felt reassured and that there was no cause for fear.".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Their women, children, families and retainers, leaving not one,".
- Treasure_voyages quote "These insignificant worms, deserving to die ten thousand times over, trembling in fear...".
- Treasure_voyages quote "Thus the august emperor spared their lives,".
- Treasure_voyages quote "We have traversed more than one hundred thousand li of immense water spaces, and have beheld in the ocean huge waves like mountains rising sky-high. We have set eyes on barbarian regions far away hidden in a blue transparency of light vapours, while our sails, loftily unfurled like clouds, day and night continued their course with starry speed, breasting the savage waves as if we were treading a public thoroughfare.".
- Treasure_voyages quoted "1".
- Treasure_voyages s "郑和下西洋".
- Treasure_voyages salign "right".
- Treasure_voyages source "— Admiral Zheng He and his associates".
- Treasure_voyages source "— Yang Rong about the conflict in Ceylon".
- Treasure_voyages t "鄭和下西洋".
- Treasure_voyages title "Treasure voyages".
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- Treasure_voyages subject Category:Commerce.
- Treasure_voyages subject Category:Diplomacy.
- Treasure_voyages subject Category:Maritime_history.
- Treasure_voyages subject Category:Ming_dynasty.
- Treasure_voyages subject Category:Naval_history_of_China.
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- Treasure_voyages comment "In Chinese history, the treasure voyages were the seven Ming-era maritime voyages of the treasure fleet between 1405 to 1433. The Yongle Emperor initiated the construction of the treasure fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted in seven far-reaching ocean voyages to the coastal territories and islands in and around the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and beyond. Admiral Zheng He was commissioned to command the treasure fleet for the expeditions.".
- Treasure_voyages label "Treasure voyages".
- Treasure_voyages label "Путешествия Чжэн Хэ".
- Treasure_voyages label "郑和下西洋".
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