Zhengde Emperor (1491-1521) of the Ming Dynasty, who served between 1505 and 1521
Yang Tinghe (1459–1529), style name Jiefu, was a Grand Secretary in the Ming Dynasty under the Zhengde (Wuzong) and Jiajing (Shizong) emperors.
In several initial missions commissioned by Afonso de Albuquerque of Portuguese Malacca, the Portuguese explorers Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello landed in southern China and traded with the Chinese merchants of Tuen Mun and Guangzhou.
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The film Chinese Odyssey 2002 was loosely based on the story during one of Zhengde's touring at Zhejiang province.
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As the Number One Scholar(狀元) in the ninth year (1514) of Zhengde Emperor(正德皇帝) in Ming Dynasty, Tang Gao (唐皋，1469-1526), styled himself as Shouzhi(守之), Xin’an(心庵), and Ziyang hermit(紫陽山人), was born in Yansi town(巖寺鎮), She county(歙縣), Huizhou(徽州府), South Zhili(南直隸).