Dr. Wu Zhiliang, Chairman of Macau Foundation, believes that Zheng He's research should be considered from a broader perspective, especially the comparative study with the western maritime history writing system. At present, there are still many problems in the study of Zheng He. Regarding the view of foreign experts that Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean was a military expedition, Wu Zhiliang said that this fleet of more than 27,000 people was mostly officers and men, but it was basically to protect the safety of the fleet. "Strive for peace by force" is different from "conquer by force"
Jason Wu, an academician of Academia Sinica and a professor of national cheng kung university in Taiwan Province, appealed that Zheng He's voyages to the West had rich scientific and technological aspects, which should be discussed with humanities and scientific and technological scholars. For example, convening historians and shipbuilding experts to discuss Zheng He's treasure ship, discussing Zheng He's route with oceanographers and navigation experts, recruiting and training a huge maritime force, establishing a commercial team, and controlling and replenishing a huge maritime fleet are all extraordinary management achievements.
Professor Peking University Kong and Professor Yang Kangshan found that Zheng He had more than four influences in Southeast Asian coastal countries and regions, namely, there were many temples, relics and legends of Zheng He, many works of Zheng He published in local languages, and activities to commemorate Zheng He and institutions to study Zheng He gradually increased. But behind these influences, most people living in these areas have many misunderstandings about Zheng He. In the eyes of most China people, Zheng He is the God of Blessing; In the eyes of the aborigines, Zheng He is only the legendary "three guarantees", and they know little about Zheng He and his great achievements in history.
Professor Kong said: "Because of the advocacy of the West, people used to think of Columbus when they mentioned navigators." In authoritative Indonesian encyclopedias and Malaysian encyclopedias, western navigators such as Columbus are introduced, but there are no entries by China navigator Zheng He. To make matters worse, when Professor Kong went to Britain, France, the Netherlands, Italy and other countries for academic exchanges, he found that local scholars knew little about Zheng He's voyages to the West.