# Ma Huan

> Ma Huan, courtesy name Zongdao, pen name Mountain-woodcutter (會稽山樵), was a Chinese explorer, translator, and travel writer who accompanied Admiral Zheng He on three of his seven expeditions to the Western Oceans. Ma was a Muslim and was born in Zhejiang's Kuaiji Commandery, an area within the modern borders of Shaoxing. He knew several Classical Chinese and Buddhist texts. He learned Arabic to be able to translate.

*Ming dynasty translator, voyager and writer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1380
- **Died:** 1460
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 17.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 1.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [মা হুয়ান](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8)
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- [Ma Huan](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Huan)
- [Ма Хуань](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702918)

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