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Koxinga

1624 - 1662

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Zheng Chenggong (Chinese: 鄭成功; pinyin: Zhèng Chénggōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Sêng-kong; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), born Zheng Sen (鄭森) and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (國姓爺, from Taiwanese: kok sèⁿ iâ), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting the Qing dynasty on China's southeastern coast. Born in Kyushu, Japan to a Chinese father and a Japanese mother, Zheng rose through the Ming court via the imperial examinations and was serving as a Guozijian scholar in Nanjing when Beijing fell to rebels in 1644. He swore allegiance to Longwu Emperor, who favored and granted him the royal surname Zhu in 1645, a name he proudly used instead of his native Zheng surname for the rest of his life, hence popularizing his aforementioned honorific name. He was made the Prince of Yanping (延平王) by Yongli Emperor in 1655 for his stern loyalty and numerous anti-Qing campaigns. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Koxinga is the 1,905th most popular politician (down from 1,471st in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Japan (down from 55th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Politician.

Koxinga is most famous for his invasion of Taiwan in 1661 and his subsequent establishment of the Kingdom of Tungning.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Koxinga ranks 1,905 out of 19,576. Before him are Meñli I Giray, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sirikit, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Josef Kramer, and Caroline Bonaparte. After him are Suleyman Shah, Llywelyn the Great, Avitus, Jahanara Begum, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Koxinga ranks 1. After him are Angelus Silesius, Empress Meishō, Guarino Guarini, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George Fox, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Murad Bakhsh, Arnold Geulincx, Thomas Sydenham, and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours. Among people deceased in 1662, Koxinga ranks 3. Before him are Blaise Pascal, and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. After him are Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Zhu Youlang, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Johann Crüger, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Adriaen van de Venne.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koxinga ranks 64 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Suizei (-669), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Kane Tanaka (1903), Paulo Miki (1564), and Mako (1933). After him are Dōgen (1200), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Antonio Inoki (1943), Isamu Akasaki (1929), Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), and Tadao Ando (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Koxinga ranks 18. Before him are Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Takeda Shingen (1521), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Emperor Suizei (-669). After him are Yoshihide Suga (1948), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), Emperor Momozono (1741), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), and Naoto Kan (1946).

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