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To next page Sie Chao chi ; Wuh tsah tsu (Five assorted Offerings) --------------------------------- Taken from : Charles Gould : Mythical Monsters 1884 The book got actually written at the end of the16th century. Also called: Xie Zhaozhe (1567-1624) Wu za zu encyclopedia In the period Yung Loh (1403-1425) of the Ming dynasty a Ki-Lin was caught, and a painter was ordered to make a sketch and hand it up to the high magistrates. According to the picture, the body was perfectly shaped like that of a deer, but the neck was very long, perhaps three or four feet. Note ; this book is only mentioned here to show how fast the memories of the voyages to East Africa were fading in China |
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Left: A drawing of Cheng He out of one of the editions of Luo Maodengs story. | ||||||