Zheng Jing

Zheng Jing
鄭經
Prince of Yanping
Reign29 June 1662 – 17 March 1681
PredecessorKoxinga
SuccessorZheng Kezang (as regent)
Born(1642-10-25)25 October 1642[1]
Fujian, Ming dynasty[2]
Died17 March 1681(1681-03-17) (aged 38)[3]
Chengtian Prefecture, Kingdom of Tungning
Burial
Tomb of Zheng Chenggong (鄭成功墓; in present-day Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian)
SpouseTang, Princess Wen of Chao
IssueZheng Kezang, Zheng Keshuang, six other sons and six daughters
Names
Zheng Jing
(鄭經)
Era dates
Adopted the era name of the Southern Ming dynasty:
Yongli (永曆): November 1662 – 17 March 1681
Posthumous name
Prince Wen of Chao (潮文王)
HouseKoxinga
DynastyTungning
FatherKoxinga, Prince of Yanping
MotherDong You, Princess of Yanping
Zheng Jing
Hàn-jī鄭經
Pe̍h-ōe-jīTēⁿ Keng
Tâi-lôTēnn King
Pen name
Hàn-jī式天
Pe̍h-ōe-jīSek-thian
Tâi-lôSik-thian
Courtesy name
Hàn-jī賢之 / 元之
Pe̍h-ōe-jīHiân-chi / Goân-chi
Tâi-lôHiân-tsi / Guân-tsi

Zheng Jing, Prince of Yanping (Chinese: 鄭經; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ Keng; 25 October 1642 – 17 March 1681), courtesy names Xianzhi (Chinese: 賢之; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiân-chi) and Yuanzhi (Chinese: 元之; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goân-chi), pseudonym Shitian (Chinese: 式天; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-thian), was initially a Southern Ming military general who later became the second ruler of the Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan by succeeding his father Koxinga's hereditary title of "Prince of Yanping", reigned as a dynastic monarch of the kingdom from 1662 to 1681.

  1. ^ Hung (1981), p. 139. (See note 1 for the source; a stone epitaph on Zheng's tomb.)
  2. ^ Hung (1981), p. 139.
  3. ^ Hung (1981), p. 265.

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