Admiral Zheng He is commonly regarded as Muslim, but he also wrote about his devotion to the sea goddess Tianfei. Was syncretism with polytheistic aspects common among 14th and 15th century Muslims in Ming Dynasty China?

by icydepth

Julius_Maximus

As explained here in a previous AskHistorians post, it is unlikely that Zheng He was Muslim. The consensus among Chinese Zheng He historians, with the support of resources from Zheng He's descendant Zheng Kuantao, is that Zheng He was more Buddhist than he was Muslim.