Although this work is called "Zheng He's Voyages to the West", it is actually a martial arts novel based on Zheng He's voyages to the West. The martial arts used by the protagonist Zheng He is the "Sunflower Book". This setting is based on a post I saw on the Internet many years ago discussing who is the person with the highest martial arts in Jin Yong's novels. The conclusion of the post is that Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty created the martial arts in the "Sunflower Book", and Zheng He is the person with the highest martial arts in Jin Yong's world. This work draws on this setting, and the name of the heroine Xiaokui is also related to this.
This is a very long novel with a total of more than 1.8 Million words, divided into nine chapters, namely Nanyang, Tianzhu, East Africa, Tianfang, Persia, Japan, Ming Dynasty and two side stories. It is a painstaking work that lasted three years. It has a twists and turns in the plot, rich characters, a time span of more than 20 years, and a geographical span of half the world. It is probably rare in martial arts novels.
Reader comments
You wrote this well. It's just that it can't be called a martial arts novel, it can only be called a romance or a biography!
It's not bad, but it's a little different from current novels and lacks some appeal.
You wrote this well. It's just that it can't be called a martial arts novel, it can only be called a romance or a biography!
It's not bad, but it's a little different from current novels and lacks some appeal.