When Did Mahjong Invent?

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When did the Mahjong invent? Some people said that Mahjong was original in Spring and Autumn Period, others said that was original in Ming Dynasty. Where did the Mahjong birth? Ningbo and Min-Hakka are the place which most people said. There's a wide spectrum of opinions on these problem. Only one thing is sure that “Classic of Mahjong” is the earliest book which recorded information about Mahjong made in Song dynasty.
There is a story about the invention of Mahjong. During Treasure voyages before 600 years ago, soldiers’ morale was low because it was boring to live on the ocean for a long time and they were homesick. Zheng He wanted to solve this problem so he invented a simple game. He used the bamboo to make many slices and carved words

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