Koxinga

Zheng Chenggong
鄭成功
The mid-17th century painting The Portrait of Koxinga
Prince of Yanping
ReignMay or June 1655 – 23 June 1662
PredecessorNone
SuccessorZheng Jing
Zheng Xi (as Lord of Tungtu)
BornZheng Sen
27 August 1624 (1624-08-27)
Hirado, Hizen Province, Japan
Died23 June 1662 (1662-06-24) (aged 37)
Anping, Kingdom of Tungning
Burial
Tomb of Zheng Chenggong (鄭成功墓; in present-day Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian)
SpouseDong You, Princess Wu of Chao[1]
IssueZheng Jing and nine other sons,
four daughters
Posthumous name
Prince Wu of Chao (潮武王)
HouseKoxinga
DynastyTungning
FatherZheng Zhilong
MotherTagawa Matsu
Koxinga
Traditional Chinese國姓爺
Hokkien POJKok-sèng-iâ
Kok-sìⁿ-iâ
Literal meaningLord of the Imperial Surname
Zheng Chenggong
Traditional Chinese成功
Hokkien POJTīⁿ Sêng-kong
Zheng Sen
Traditional Chinese
Hokkien POJTīⁿ Sim

Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (Chinese: 鄭成功; pinyin: Zhèng Chénggōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Sêng-kong; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (Chinese: 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-sèng-iâ), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast.

In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan[2][3] and established a dynasty, the House of Koxinga, which ruled part of the island as the Kingdom of Tungning from 1661 to 1683.

  1. ^ Wills (1974), p. 28 and Keene (1950), p. 46 both agree that Zheng's wife's surname was "Dong" (). Clements (2004), p. 92 however, claims her name was "Deng Cuiying". Chang (1995), p. 740 introduces her as "Tung Ts'ui-ying", which would be "Dong Cuiying" in Hanyu Pinyin.
  2. ^ the London Times (26 November 1858). "The Pirates of the Chinese Seas". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Andrade (2008).