If Columbus had actually succeeded in sailing to China, he would have met one of the few laudable emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Hsiao-tzung, who reigned from 1470 to 1505.
當時哥倫布如果成功航向中國，將見到明朝少數值得稱道的皇帝之一﹘ ﹘孝宗（一四七○至一五○五年）。