ASIAN Geographic

Best of Heritage 20 years

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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