TEHRAN -- “Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan” (“The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores”), Chinese Muslim voyager and translator Ma Huan’s account of his seven expeditions to the Western Ocean, has recently been published in Persian.
Ma Huan (c. 1380–1460) accompanied Admiral Zheng, Chinese explorer and diplomat during China’s early Ming Dynasty, on the expeditions.
During his expeditions, he took notes about the geography, politics, weather conditions, environment, economy, local customs and even the method of punishment for criminals of the regions that he visited.
He expanded and modified the notes, and the final version was ready around 1451.
There were many printed and hand-copied editions. The latest authentic text of a printed version was edited and annotated by historian Feng Chen Jun.
A Persian version was translated by Saeid Karimpur based on the edition by Feng Chen Jun.
The book was published by Qoqnus. This is first time that the book has been published in Persian
An annotated English translation by J.V.G. Mills (1887–1987) was published by the Hakluyt Society in England in 1970.
MMS/YAW
END