In preparation for the expansion of Chinese trade and civilization to the ends of the earth ,Emperor Zhu Di set up a school of foreign languages such as Arabic, Persia, Swahili, Hindi and Tamil.

• 1407年，为准备发展同世界各地的贸易和宣扬文明，朱棣皇帝在南京开办了一所外语学校，教授阿拉伯语、波斯语、斯瓦希里语、北印度语和泰米尔语，培训译员。