Yingyai Shenglan

The Yingyai Shenglan (simplified Chinese: 瀛涯胜览; traditional Chinese: 瀛涯勝覽; pinyin: yíngyá shènglǎn), written by Ma Huan, is a book about the countries visited by him over the course of Zheng He's treasure voyages.

There is no known extant version of the original Yingyai Shenglan. However, copies of Ma's work have been preserved, even though these copies contain differences due to later editors. These include the Jilu Huibian [紀錄彙編] version (1617), the Guochao Diangu [國朝典故] version (between 1451 and 1644), the Shengchao Yishi [勝朝遺事] version (1824), and Zhang Sheng's so-called "rifacimento" (1522).

Ma served as an interpreter on the fourth, sixth, and seventh voyage. Guo Chongli was Ma's collaborator on the Yingyai Shenglan. He personally participated in three of the expeditions. These two gentlemen recorded their observations in notes, which were used to compose the Yingyai Shenglan.