Sanbao taijian xiyang ji (traditional Chinese: 三寶太監西洋記; simplified Chinese: 三宝太监西洋记), also translated into English as The Eunuch Sanbao's Voyage to the Western Ocean[1] or The Journey of Sanbao the Eunuch to the Western Ocean,[2] is a classic Chinese novel written by Luo Maodeng (羅懋登) in the late 16th-century during the Ming dynasty. It consist of 100 chapters and is set in the early 15th-century. The novel is about the voyages of admiral Zheng He. However, instead of a realistic chronicle of Zheng He's journeys, the novel is a blend of "factual" and "fantastic narrative",[1] full of monsters and supernatural beings, akin in style to the shenmo novels of the same period.

Chapter one of the 100 chapter Ming dynasty novel Sanbao taijian xiyang ji
Inside pages from volume two of Sanbao taijian xiyang ji

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  1. ^ a b "Knowledge, Emotion, and Imagination: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in The Eunuch Sanbao's Voyage to the Western Ocean". Duke University Press.
  2. ^ Kang-i Sun Chang; Stephen Owen, eds. (2010). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375. Cambridge University Press. p. 102.