Sanbao taijian xiyang ji (), also translated into English as The Eunuch Sanbao's Voyage to the Western Ocean or The Journey of Sanbao the Eunuch to the Western Ocean, is a classic Chinese novel written by Luo Maodeng (ç¾ æÂÂç») in the late 16th century during the Ming dynasty. It consist of 100 chapters and is set in the early 15th century. The novel is about the voyages of admiral Zheng He. However, instead of a realistic chronicle of Zheng He's journeys, the novel is a blend of "factual" and "historical", as well as "fantastic narrative", full of monsters and supernatural beings, akin in style to the shenmo novels of the same period.