A person's destiny is always determined by the times, intentionally or unintentionally.
Starting from the fifteenth century, both the East and the West began the era of great navigation. Is this a coincidence, or is it a tacit understanding between Eastern and Western civilizations? Although the Chinese entered the deep ocean half a century earlier than the Europeans, this lead was soon suppressed by the conservative government and turned into lagging behind. The great voyages between the East and the West began to diverge. Westerners bravely and fearlessly challenged the limits of their horizons into the unknown depths of oceans and land. However, the Chinese, who did not lack the courage to explore, lost opportunities for global expansion under the iron-blooded maritime ban. The dedication and sacrifice of the generation of Chinese who once dominated the Indian Ocean were destroyed by the arrogant and careless government.
