The Emperor's Giraffe: The Chinese Age of Exploration
发布时间 2021-08-16 20:00:02 来源
摘要
On September 20, 1414, an extraordinary gift arrived at the court of Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty. The gift was nothing less than the Qilin, a magical creature from Chinese legend said to represent an auspicious sign. The exotic animal represented a unique emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and an astounding age of Chinese exploration little known here in the west.
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