Fei Xin, translator and instructor (with the mission of spreading Confucian teachings to foreign countries), who was

the author of the Xingcha Shenglan (Marvelous Visions from the Star Raft); Ma Huan and Guo Chongli, translators and joint authors of Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores; Gong Zhen, author of Xiyang Fanguo Zhi (Records of Foreign Countries in the Western Ocean); and Hasan, a clerk and translator.