六百年前郑和下西洋,按说历史上发生这么一个中国之最乃至世界奇迹,史书是应该大书特书的。可就在郑和去世后不久,记载他历次航海的宝贵资料,竟然在皇家档案库中全部不翼而飞了。于是郑和下西洋的历史真相便无据可考,遂演变成扑朔迷离的神话般的传说。明朝万历年间人士钱曾感叹道:“盖三保下西洋,委巷流传甚广,内府之剧戏,看场之平话,子虚亡是,皆俗语流为丹青耳。…… When Zheng He went down to the West six hundred years ago, according to the miracle of such a China’s history as a whole, the history books should be book-marked. However, shortly after Zheng’s death, the valuable information on his voyages in the past can not even be seen in the royal archives. So Zheng He and the history of the West will have no basis to test the truth, then evolved into a mysterious legendary legend. During the Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty, Qian once sighed: ”The cover of the Three Guarantees is guaranteed by the West and the extensive coverage of the streets and lanes.