Tuesday, February 7, 2023

鄭芝龍和他的子孫的命運

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永曆三十七年（清康熙二十二年，1683）六月，清施琅率師大舉進犯，大將劉國軒敗於澎湖，主力既喪，清師壓境，遂無力與抗，乃兩奉降表，舉國內附。朝命移徙入京，封公爵，隸漢軍正黃旗，昆弟子孫，遂世居北京。有三子二女，子曰安世、安邦、安國。康熙三十八年（1699），清人將延平郡王父子夫婦...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Cheng Zhi-Long honored in Tainan

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Source: here Koxinga's father, Cheng Zhi-long 鄭芝龍 (1604-1661), finally is honored in 鎮門宮. This temple overlooks 鹿耳門 (Lakjemuyse), wh...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

The surrender of Ming-Cheng Kingdom

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The surrender of the Tung-Ning Kingdom was not as straightforward as commonly known, i.e., a simple capitulation announcement from Koxinga...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Tamsui Cheng

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This is a map of 10 of the 11 Li's （里） of TongAn Prefecture （同安縣）, namely, 長興, 同禾, 民安, 從順, 翔鳳, 感化, 歸德, 仁德, 安仁, and 積善. Missing from it...
Friday, June 5, 2015

The Diary of Philip Meij

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Koxinga (in white) as recalled by Philip Meij Philip Meij was a land surveyor employed by the VOC, trapped inside Ft Provincia when Koxi...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Cafres

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Above: Details of a map published in 1679 in Nuremberg showing Cafreria, the homeland of the Cafres. The geographic location matches the s...
Friday, December 12, 2014

國姓 Royal surname

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隆武帝: 南明第2代皇帝（1602～1646） It is puzzling why after receiving the Ming royal gift of 國姓 (i.e., 朱), 鄭成功 still retained his own surname. So...