Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kaka na 1381, sojojin Ming sun mamaye kuma suka ci Yunnan
, wanda a lokacin yake karkashin mulkin Basalawarmi, Yariman Liang. A shekara ta 1381, Ma Hajji, mahaifin Zheng He, ya mutu a yaƙin da aka yi tsakanin rundunar Ming da Mongol. Dreyer ya bayyana cewa mahaifin Zheng He ya mutu yana da shekaru 39 yayin da ya yi tsayayya da mamayar Ming, yayin da Levathes ya bayyana cewa mahaifin Zheng He ya mutu yana da shekaru 37, amma ba a bayyana ko yana taimaka wa sojojin Mongol ba ko kuma an kama shi ne kawai a cikin yakin. Wenming, babban dan, ya binne mahaifinsu a wajen Kunming. A matsayinsa na Admiral, Zheng He yana da rubutun da aka zana don girmama mahaifinsa, wanda Ministan Rites Li Zhigang ya tsara a bikin Duanwu na shekara ta uku a zamanin Yongle (1 Yuni 1405).