Admiral Zheng He and Southeast Asia

Contents

Contents v Contributors vii Glossary ix Introduction xi Leo Suryadinata 1. The Opening of Relations between China and Malacca, 1403–05 1 Wang Gungwu 2. The First Three Rulers of Malacca 26 Wang Gungwu 3. Did Zheng He Set Out to Colonize Southeast Asia? 42 Tan Ta Sen 4. Chinese Element in the Islamization of Southeast Asia: A Study of the Story of Njai Gede Pinatih, the Great Lady of Gresik 58 Tan Yeok Seong 5. Zheng He, Semarang and the Islamization of Java: Between History and Legend 72 Leo Suryadinata 6. A Celebration of Diversity: Zheng He and the Origin of the Pre-Colonial Coastal Urban Pattern in Southeast Asia 94 Johannes Widodo 7. Notes Relating to Admiral Cheng Ho’s Expeditions 124 Hsu Yun-Ts’iao 8. Did Admiral Cheng Ho Visit the Philippines? 136 Hsu Yun-Ts’iao 9. Longyamen is Singapore: The Final Proof? 142 Chung Chee Kit vi฀ Contents ...