1405-1433年，在欧洲大航海时代到来的半个多世纪之前，中国明代航海家郑和先后七次率领庞大的部队访问了西太平洋和印度洋沿岸的30多个国家和地区，加深了明代中国与东南亚、南亚、西亚、东非地区国家之间的友好关系，开展了规模空的经济文化交流，取得了双赢的交果。（This book tells the story of Zheng He's seven voyages to the western oceans. Zheng He is a Chinese navigator of the Ming Dynasty, who led a massive fleet and visited more than 30 countries and regions on the coast of the West Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 1405 to 1433, half a century prior to the inception of the Great Era of Navigation in Europe. His voyages strengthened the friendly relations between China and the Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and East African nations in the Ming Dynasty, and conducted unprecedented economic and cultural exchanges, achieving a host of winwin results.）