Fei Xin
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Fei Xin (Chinese: 费信) was the Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He's translator. He was born in the 17th year of the Hongwu Emperor (1385), from Kunshan of Chinese muslim Hui minority. He taught himself the Arabic language. In his Description of the Starry Raft (1436) Xin Cha Shen Lan (Chinese: 星槎勝覽), he recorded what he saw on his 4 voyages to the southern seas together with Zheng He.
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