People who are familiar with the ancient history of our country should all know the story of "Zheng He's Voyage to the West". During the Ming Dynasty, China's national strength was strong, the Ming Emperor sent Zheng He to the sea, increased exchanges with overseas countries to establish diplomatic relations, at the end of the 15th century before the European geographical discovery of the sailing, "Zheng He to the West" is the world's largest sea expedition.
At that time, Zheng He's fleet sailed out to sea 7 times, passed through the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean, and reached as far as East Africa, the Red Sea and other places, before and after adding up, Zheng He represented the Ming Dynasty, and established contacts with more than 30 countries and regions such as Sumatra, Siam, Adam, Tianfang, and Zofar, so many overseas countries knew that there was a strong China in the East.
The Ming emperor sent Zheng He on a long-distance voyage not to invade, but to try to build an ideal world dominated by China. Therefore, every time Zheng He went to a place, he lived peacefully with the local people and royal nobles, and while trading with each other, he established friendly diplomatic relations, so Zheng He was regarded as a messenger of peace in ancient China.
However, regarding Zheng He's voyage to the West, some people have also raised questions. When many scholars study this matter, they will explore the purpose and significance of Zheng He's voyage to the West, but there is a foreign Chinese doctor who has a unique way, and he claimed in a speech that Zheng He's voyage to the West was fake, but it did not happen in fact.
The doctor's name is Lin Yanping, a Canadian national, who once published the book "The Brilliant Starry Sky Above Our Heads". His Ph.D. was obtained in science and engineering, and he did not have an in-depth study of Chinese literature and history. Once, however, Mr. Lin was invited to a Chinese university to give a speech about Zheng He's voyage to the West.
At that time, the theme of the speech was science and engineering knowledge, from this point of view, Lin Yanping declared that the Chinese Ming Dynasty history books record that Zheng He's ships in the Western Ocean were 140 meters long and nearly 60 meters wide, so the displacement of the ships should be about 30,000 tons, but the ancient Chinese ships were made of wood, without steel, it was impossible to support such a large displacement.
Moreover, these ships are flat-bottomed, and if they want to sail far, the risk is too great, far less stable than the pointed bottom ships. Therefore, Dr. Lin believes that Zheng He's voyage to the West is a lie woven by the Ming emperors in order to show China's strength. But after he finished stating this point of view, a young Chinese student present immediately raised a rhetorical question.
The student said that I have been to Java, East Africa and other places, and those places still have the remains of Zheng He's voyage to the West, including Zheng He Temple, monuments, and the story of Zheng He's fleet. If Zheng He's voyage to the West is fake, are people in these countries writing scripts in advance, colluding with the Ming Dynasty to act together?
Dr. Lin was speechless, and the scene was very embarrassing. Xiaobian believes that Dr. Lin's starting point may be scientific research, but he ignores the wisdom of the ancient Chinese ancestors. Many ancient inventions, modern people can not do it, so really can not underestimate the ancients. As for the controversy over the structure, size and function of Zheng He's ships, I wonder if you can give an answer?