《삼보태감서양기통속연의(三寶太監西洋記通俗演義)》에 투영된 역사와 시대 의식

China has a long history of maritime affairs and never stopped researching the oceans. After reforming and opening up, China has witnessed a great change in economy, science, medicine, military etc. The commencement of “the 600 anniversary of Zheng He"s voyages” in 2005 and the release of “The Rise of the Great Powers” in 2006 had aroused a widespread concern in the country, which has shown the review of history is extremely popular and beneficial. This paper aims to discover the secrets from the process of the Zheng He"s voyages described in a book named “SanBao’s Expedition to the Western Ocean”, and explain its significance for the present economy, sea power, and marine consciousness development, meanwhile, to comprehensively show the remolding image of Zheng He and other characters in the historical background. “SanBao’s Expedition to the Western Ocean”, one hundred chapters to a total of two volumes, was published in the Ming Dynasty (1598). After many years’ compiling, the book described a story about Zheng He, who did not fear the danger to go to the Western. With the help of the Jinbi peak Zen master and Zhang Taoist master, Zheng He slayed demons, offered amnesty to minorities and hunted treasures. In the real history, the expedition to the western ocean was completed by Zheng He and Wang Jinghong. Novels are different from the history, the main reason is problem in the era of the author. It is the late Ming Dynasty, when everything was declining, foreign aggression was increasing and who wanted to complete a similar voyage alone is impossible. The author edited this novel to recall the prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty and criticize that present time. The book embodied the author"s ideas about loyalty, Taoism and marine consciousness etc. This paper first explained the author, the book, and the historical period to analyze the reason of establishing the image of Zheng He. Through describing Zheng He"s image, this paper reflected the China"s political, cultural and people"s thoughts in that era.