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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