translate English to French: Upon their return to China in 499, they were able to share some notes on the customs and foods of the American peoples, their use of metals (they did not have a source of iron and their economy was not based upon the exchange of copper, gold and silver), and animals. Hui shen wrote, "Stags are used here as cattle are used in the Middle Kingdom [of China], and from the milk of the hind they make butter."
Les vents et les courants dominants du Pacifique ont possiblement poussé des « explorateurs fortuits » de la côte de la Chine dans un voyage dans le sens des aiguilles au-delà des îles Aléoutiennes et vers le sud le long de la côte de l’Amérique du Nord.