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  • ASIAN Geographic

    Best of Heritage 20 years

    Aug 07, 2019 3 minutes

    Revisited

    No.99 Issue 6/2013

    Title

    Oh Heavens, from Eunuch to God

    Admiral Zheng He’s leap to Sam Po fame

    Text

    Khong Swee Lin

    Photos

    Carl-Bernd Kaehlig

    What do Mr Guan Gong, Miss Lin Moliang and Mr Ma He have in common?

    Apart from their common ethnicity (being of Chinese origin), and their respective demises in 219 CE (59 years), 987 CE (28 years) and 1433 CE (62 years), these individuals were posthumously propelled into other-worldly halls of fame, thanks to their exemplary conduct and good deeds on Earth,

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