Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te ngahuru o te tau 1381, ka whakaekea e te ope Ming a Yunnan
, i whakahaerehia e te rangatira Mongol a Basalawarmi, Prince of Liang. I te tau 1381, i mate a Ma Hajji, te papa o Zheng He, i te whawhai i waenganui i nga ope Ming me nga ope Mongol. E kii ana a Dreyer i mate te papa o Zheng He i te 39 i a ia e aukati ana i te wikitoria a Ming, i kii a Levathes i mate te papa o Zheng He i te 37, engari kaore i te maarama mena i awhina ia i te ope Mongol, i mau ranei i te pakanga. Ko Wenming, te tama matamua, i tanu i to raua papa i waho o Kunming. I a ia e mahi ana hei Admiral, i whakairohia e Zheng He tetahi epitaph hei whakahonore i tona papa, i hangaia e te Minita mo nga Rites Li Zhigang i te Hui Duanwu o te toru o nga tau i te wa o Yongle (1 Pipiri 1405).