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Zheng Yi Sao (born Shi Yang; c. 1775–1844), also known as Shi Xianggu, Shek Yeung and Ching Shih, was a Chinese pirate leader active in the South China Sea from 1801 [1] to 1810. [2] Born as Shi Yang in 1775 to humble origins, she married a pirate named Zheng Yi at age 26 in 1801.
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2017) This is an incomplete list of notable people that are regarded as being of Cantonese origin: Historical Liu Yan, king of Nanhai and first emperor of the Yue/Han kingdom between 917–971 Yuan Chonghuan, Ming dynasty general and patriot famed for defeating Qing dynasty rulers and founder Nurchaci and Hong Taiji ...
Zheng Yi (also romanised as Cheng Yud or Cheng I; born Zheng Wenxian, courtesy name Youyi; 1765 – 16 November 1807) [1] was a powerful Chinese pirate operating from Guangdong and throughout the South China Sea in the late 1700s.
Ching Shih, a female pirate leader brothel owner; Ah Pak, pirate chieftain who defeated Portuguese pirates; Liu Chang, the last emperor of the Southern Han dynasty; Yuan Chonghuan, a Chinese general and hero from Ming dynasty who defeated and ward off the Manchu invasion "Portrait of Sun Yat-sen" (1921) Li Tiefu
Cheung Po and Ching Shih were later married with Governor Bailing as witness. Cheung Po would make future formal visits to the Leal Senado of Macau to meet several of the Portuguese officers who present at the fighting, among them was Gonçalves Carocha. In 1813, Ching Shih gave birth to his son, Cheung Yu Lin.
Zheng Qi (also spelled Ching Tsih or Cheng Chi; born Zheng Yaohuang; 1760 – September 1802) [1] was a powerful Chinese pirate operating from Canton and throughout the South China Sea in the late 1700s.
The Battle of the Tiger's Mouth (Chinese: θιδΉζ°; Portuguese: Batalha da Boca do Tigre) was a series of engagements between a Portuguese flotilla stationed in Macau, and the Red Flag Fleet of the Chinese pirate Ching Shih, led by her second-in-command, Cheung Po Tsai - known to the Portuguese as Cam Pau Sai or Quan Apon Chay.
A natural-born leader, she assumed control of her husband's fleet after his death. She was bent on destroying the Qing army, who she believed murdered her husband. Her character is loosely based on the real-life female pirate Ching Shih, who ruled the South China Sea during the early 1800s.