Koxinga biography of mahatma
Koxinga biography of mahatma
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Koxinga
17th-century Chinese military leader and conqueror of Taiwan
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 Zheng rule of the island on behalf of Ming Dynasty from 1661 to 1683.
Biography
Early years
Zheng Chenggong was born in 1624 in Hirado, Hizen Province, Japan, to Zheng Zhilong,[4] a Chinese merchant,[5] and a Japanese woman[6] known only by her surname "Tagawa,"[7] probably Tagawa Matsu.[8] He was raised there until the age of seven with the Japanese name Fuku