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Ma Huan

1380 - 1460

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Ma Huan (simplified Chinese: 马欢; traditional Chinese: 馬歡; pinyin: Mǎ Huān, Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ ﺧُﻮًا) (c. 1380–1460), courtesy name Zongdao (Chinese: 宗道; pinyin: Zōngdào), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ma Huan is the 239th most popular explorer (down from 221st in 2019), the 641st most popular biography from China (up from 649th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ma Huan ranks 239 out of 498. Before him are Lourenço Marques, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Carl Anton Larsen, André Thevet, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Helge Ingstad. After him are Olivier van Noort, Jimmie Angel, Louise Arner Boyd, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Vladimir Atlasov, and Nikolaus Federmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Ma Huan ranks 17. Before him are Anna of Cilli, Yawar Waqaq, Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh, Nanni di Banco, Mustafa Çelebi, and Joseph Albo. After him are Master Francke, James II, Count of Urgell, John Fastolf, Sayf ad-Din Inal, and Gonzalo Pérez. Among people deceased in 1460, Ma Huan ranks 9. Before him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, Gilles Binchois, James II of Scotland, John IV of Trebizond, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, and Guarino da Verona. After him are Michael Szilágyi, Petr Chelčický, Niccolò Antonio Colantonio, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Francesco II Acciaioli, and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ma Huan ranks 641 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Hongzhi (1951), Zheng Jing (1642), Sergei Stepashin (1952), Shi Pei Pu (1938), He Long (1896), and Xia Gui (1195). After him are Pan Yuliang (1895), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Bo Gu (1907), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Song Yingxing (1587), and James Tien (1942).

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Among EXPLORERS In China

Among explorers born in China, Ma Huan ranks 6. Before him are Zheng He (1387), Xuanzang (602), Zhang Qian (-200), Xu Fu (-255), and Gan Ying (100).

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