Luo Maodeng (罗懋登) The Epic Tale of Palace Eunuch San Bao Voyage to the Western Ocean, 三宝太监西洋记通俗演义, Borevskaia Nina (Transl.)
In October 2025 the full Russian translation of the Chinese classical novel by Luo Maodeng （罗懋登） “The Epic Tale of Palace Eunuch San Bao Voyage to the Western Ocean (三宝太监西洋记通俗演义, for short “西洋记”, 1597) made by the EACS’ member Nina Borevskaia was published by Shans publishing house in Moscow in 3 volumes: each about 600 pages with almost 1000 comments and references, colourful illustrations and an appendix on Ming era army organization and arms. This travelogue describes Zheng He expeditions in the first half of the XVth century by combining the documentary notes and mythology. Not counting an English translation of the final fifteen chapters (Laurie Bonner-Nickless: To the Gates of Fengtu, 2017) which in fact describe only the voyage to the Other World, the novel as a full has never been translated into any language before now.
