The Ming Voyages -- Primary Sources

In English:

The main source in English for the voyages is: J. V. G. Mills, Ma Huan, Ying-yai Sheng-lan, "The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores," [1433], Hakluyt Society (Cambridge,England: Cambridge University Press, 1970), which contains a study and a complete translation of Ma Huan's travel account.

In Chinese:

The Three Accounts by staff members on the Voyages

Ma Huan's Yingyai shenglan
Fei Xin's Xingcha shenglan
Gong Zhen's Xiyang fanguo zhi
Anonymous Itinerary, "Down to the Western Oceans" (Xia Xiyang 下西洋)

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