tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636020.post108720906050264663..comments2023-08-05T20:36:29.408+10:00Comments on pelican dreaming: A footnote to Martin Edmond's Zheng He ficcionemark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636020.post-1087256945233945462004-06-15T09:49:00.000+10:002004-06-15T09:49:00.000+10:00We have heard it said that Zheng He’s body, restor...We have heard it said that Zheng He’s body, restored, wrapped in silk, was interred in the sea off Calicut; but we do not believe it. Or rather, we believe it in the same way that we believe the story that, on his first fleet’s voyage from China to Malacca, Zheng He’s own ship almost sank when its keel was holed. Miraculously, the hole was plugged by a fish swimming into it. Only upon reaching Martin Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703987223264531057noreply@blogger.com