17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning
Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功
The mid-17th century painting The Portrait of Koxinga
Prince of Yanping
Reign
May or June 1655 – 23 June 1662
Predecessor
None
Successor
Zheng Jing Zheng Xi (as Lord of Tungtu)
Born
Zheng Sen 27 August 1624 (1624-08-27) Hirado, Hizen Province, Japan
Died
23 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)
Spouse
Dong You, Princess Wu of Chao[1]
Issue
Zheng Jing and nine other sons, four daughters
Posthumous name
Prince Wu of Chao (潮武王)
House
Koxinga
Dynasty
Tungning
Father
Zheng Zhilong
Mother
Tagawa Matsu
Koxinga
Traditional Chinese
國姓爺
Hokkien POJ
Kok-sèng-iâ Kok-sìⁿ-iâ
Literal meaning
Lord of the Imperial Surname
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guóxìngyé
Bopomofo
ㄍㄨㄛˊㄒㄧㄥˋㄧㄝˊ
Wade–Giles
Kuo-hsing-yeh
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Kok-sèng-iâ Kok-sìⁿ-iâ
Tâi-lô
Kok-sìng-iâ
Zheng Chenggong
Traditional Chinese
鄭成功
Hokkien POJ
Tīⁿ Sêng-kong
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhèng Chénggōng
Bopomofo
ㄓㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊㄍㄨㄥ
Wade–Giles
Cheng Ch'eng-kung
Hakka
Romanization
Tshàng Sṳ̀n-Kûng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Tīⁿ Sêng-kong
Tâi-lô
Tēnn Sîng-kong
Zheng Sen
Traditional Chinese
鄭森
Hokkien POJ
Tīⁿ Sim
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhèng Sēn
Bopomofo
ㄓㄥˋㄙㄣ
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Tīⁿ Sim
Tâi-lô
Tēnn 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.
^Wills (1974), p. 28 and Keene (1950), p. 46 both agree that Zheng's wife's surname was "Dong" (董). 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.
^the London Times (26 November 1858). "The Pirates of the Chinese Seas". The New York Times.
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...
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island. After Koxinga seized the Dutch fort in 1662, Tainan remained as the capital of the Tungning Kingdom ruled by House of Koxinga until 1683 and...
Tagawa Matsu (田川マツ; 1601–1647) or Weng-shi (翁氏), was the mother of Koxinga, daughter of Tagawa Shichizaemon (田川七左衛門), a vassal of Hirado Domain. She was...
western plains. Following the fall of the Ming dynasty in Beijing in 1644, Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) pledged allegiance to the Yongli Emperor and attacked...
between 1632 and 1647. He was killed by Koxinga as the Chinese warlord wrested Taiwan from the Dutch. Koxinga had captured Hambroek along with his wife...
"Gate of China". After the fall of the Ming dynasty, Zheng Chenggong, or Koxinga, a Ming loyalist and general, occupied Xiamen island as an anti-Qing base...
government of Koxinga in the island of Taiwan. The sea ban implemented by the Qing forced many people to evacuate the coast to deprive Koxinga's Ming loyalists...
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clearances, forcing people to evacuate the coast in order to deprive Koxinga's Ming loyalists of resources, leading to a myth that it was because Manchus...
Bannermen to fight against Koxinga's Ming loyalists in Fujian. They removed the population from coastal areas in order to deprive Koxinga's Ming loyalists of resources...
strait began in the late Ming. During the Qing conquest, Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) expelled the Dutch and established the Kingdom of Tungning in 1661, planning...
Many Ming loyalists fled to the south, including Zheng Chenggong alias Koxinga, a military warlord who fought against the Manchu dynasty. He sailed to...
the city to Manila after a threat of invasion from the Chinese general Koxinga, was Zamboanga City[unreliable source] which was settled by soldiers from...
During the Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1662), the fort was surrendered to Koxinga, but was later destroyed by a rebellion and earthquakes in the 18th century...
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