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Ching Shih

1775 - 1844

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Zheng Yi Sao (c. 1775 – 1844), also known as Shi Yang, Shi Xianggu, Shek Yeung and Ching Shih, was a Chinese pirate leader active in the South China Sea from 1801 to 1810. Born as Shi Yang in 1775 to humble origins, she married a pirate named Zheng Yi at age 26 in 1801. She was named Zheng Yi Sao ("wife of Zheng Yi") by the people of Guangdong. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ching Shih is the 5th most popular pirate (up from 16th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from China (up from 328th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Pirate.

Ching shih is most famous for her naval victories and the establishment of her pirate empire.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Ching Shih ranks 5 out of 29. Before her are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Henry Morgan, Eric of Pomerania, and Blackbeard. After her are Calico Jack, Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and William Kidd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Ching Shih ranks 6. Before her are André-Marie Ampère, Jane Austen, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and J. M. W. Turner. After her are Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, and François-Adrien Boieldieu. Among people deceased in 1844, Ching Shih ranks 5. Before her are Joseph Smith, John Dalton, Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Joseph Bonaparte. After her are Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Ivan Krylov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and William Beckford.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ching Shih ranks 45 out of 1,610. Before her are Guan Yu (162), Yongle Emperor (1360), Zhou Enlai (1898), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), and Lü Bu (161). After her are Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), Lu Xun (1881), Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029), Nurhaci (1559), Yuan Shikai (1859), and Mozi (-470).

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Among PIRATES In China

Among pirates born in China, Ching Shih ranks 1. After her are Cheung Po Tsai (1783).

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