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Ma Huan

1380 - 1460

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Ma Huan (simplified Chinese: 马欢; traditional Chinese: 馬歡; pinyin: Mǎ Huān, Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ ﺧُﻮًا) (c. 1380–1460), courtesy name Zongdao (Chinese: 宗道; pinyin: Zōngdào), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ma Huan has received more than 129,553 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ma Huan is the 221st most popular explorer (up from 238th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from China (down from 643rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ma Huan ranks 221 out of 498. Before him are Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Carsten Borchgrevink, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Masabumi Hosono, Daniel Boone, and Jedediah Smith. After him are Nuno Tristão, Joshua Slocum, Dinis Dias, Pedro Arias Dávila, Julius Popper, and Francisco de Montejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Ma Huan ranks 20. Before him are Joseph Albo, Anna of Cilli, John Fastolf, Master Francke, James II, Count of Urgell, and Mustafa Çelebi. After him are Sayf ad-Din Inal, and Gonzalo Pérez. Among people deceased in 1460, Ma Huan ranks 10. Before him are James II of Scotland, Gilles Binchois, John IV of Trebizond, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Guarino da Verona, and Michael Szilágyi. After him are Niccolò Antonio Colantonio, Petr Chelčický, Francesco II Acciaioli, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, and Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ma Huan ranks 645 out of 1,610. Before him are Han Zheng (1954), Qin Jiushao (1201), Zhu of Xia (null), Gan Ji (101), Yuan Longping (1930), and Yan Liben (600). After him are Bo Gu (1907), Peng Zhen (1902), Yuan Mei (1716), Xu Zhimo (1897), Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei (392), and Jung Chang (1952).

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Among EXPLORERS In China

Among explorers born in China, Ma Huan ranks 6. Before him are Zheng He (1387), Xuanzang (602), Zhang Qian (-200), Xu Fu (-255), and Gan Ying (100).

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