A: Actually, contact between China and Africa predates Zheng He, with Chinese traders reaching Africa during the Song dynasty and earlier. From the Yuan dynasty we have Wang Dayuan's work Daoyi Zhilue (" Brief Chronicle of the Island Barbarians "), which mentions East Africa and gives an accurate description of its conditions and scenery.
答：實際上，中國與非洲的接觸並不是從鄭和才開始，在這之前，宋、元，甚至更早，就有商人前往非洲貿易，例如，元朝的汪大淵著有《島夷志略》，裡面就提到東非，其中所描述的非洲情境、景觀與事實完全吻合。