This allowed her mother to continue receiving the inheritance due to her dead son. Were it not for the fact that this is even a NAUTICAL history article, I would not mention this pet peeve: it is NOT take a “different tact”, it is take a “different TACK” – as in *sailing*. 1 The Origins and Meaning of 12 Pirate Words and Phrases, Julius Caesar was Once Kidnapped by Pirates Who Demanded a Ransom of 20 Talents of Silver, Caesar Insisted They Ask for 50, Robinson Crusoe was Inspired by a Real Life Man Stranded on an Island for Four Years, Florida Pirates: From the Southern Gulf Coast to the Keys and Beyond, Most Successful Pirate was Beautiful and Tough, http://getedited.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/take-a-different-tack-or-tact/, The Cancer Pandemics Spread By Bites and Mosquitoes. Otherwise – very interesting. I didn't think it was. Kiki5933 (talk) 19:03, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Kiara Johnson, Hey, I have found that she was indeed a prostitute even though different source seem to be conflicted on this topic Denizlerde kendi yasalarını koymuş ve uymayan mürettebatlarını ölümle cezalandırmıştır. 1785-1844 means she was 59 when she died. Kowloonese 02:08, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC), Jesus, there are way too many spellings of names in the first paragraph. Whatever the case, once married, Ching Shih did indeed begin helping  Zhèng Yi run the Red Flag Fleet. Ching Shih initially rejected the terms of the amnesty treaty. If you have consensual sex with anyone while on duty, you get your head chopped off and your body thrown in the ocean and the woman involved would get something heavy strapped to her and also tossed in the ocean. Some historians hold that Zhèng Yi sent a raid to plunder the brothel and asked his men to bring back his favorite prostitute, Ching Shih, for his portion of the loot, while others claim he simply went there himself and proposed that they wed, which she only agreed to after he consented to give her equal share of his plunder and to allow her to help run the organization. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. When Rackham tried to murder Read, he too was let in on the fact that she was actually a woman. After surrendering, Zhang Bao would further distinguish himself by defeating the Blue Flag Fleet under Wu Shi'er (烏石二) near the Leizhou Peninsula. Read continued to dress as a boy until grown and found her way as a crewman aboard a ship. I would like to know more. ); controlled nearly the entire Guangdong province directly; held a vast spy network within the Qing Dynasty; and dominated the South Chinese Sea. The two went on pirating together until they were captured as described above. Could someone please clarify how much effort they put into that? Could you post your sources? He trained with Corey at Harvard Medical School. View Yi's age, phone number, home address, email, and background check information now. Was she 16 or rather 26 then? During this time, she also became a mother to at least one son and a grandmother. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. Ching Shih was born sometime around 1775 (the exact date isn’t known). After six years into their marriage, she becomes a widow and she assumes control of Captain Zheng Yi’s fleet of pirates. In Qing records, she might have been known by her Mandarin name, but within her own circles and in those of non-Chinese speaking forces (the Dutch and Portuguese), she must have been referred to mainly by her Cantonese name, right? Her stepson, Cheung Po Tsai has his name rendered in Cantonese. She was discovered to be a woman by Bonny when Bonny started to fall for her. I just think the title is not proper… Could have been something more like “The woman who started as a prostitute and become one of the most powerful….”, since saying “The Female Prostitute” implies that she was born as a prostitute and stayed a prostitute in any case. They were to be executed after they gave birth. You have a lot of information and I don't know how you're going to format it for when you add it to the article, but make sure to keep your language neutral. In all the sources I've read, Cheung Po was Cheng Shih's 義子 which is "adoptive son/ godson" not step-son. Sex worker is a Vegas & Reno thing and fairly modern, an attempt to obfuscate in the same vein as calling casinos gaming places……………a rose by any other name. Yi Zhihu and Zhu Zhiwu both balance power and interest in their respective roles as minister and diplomat. -- Yamara ✉ 22:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC), [1] - an interesting biography of her in Chinese. @Zombiwoman: Thanks for catching that. And Zheng Yi Sao is a new figure to me on the open sea of the imagination: she never did dream of the sea, but the sea took her, and she didn’t wail or slip into a funk. Zheng YiWenTeam GNZ48GNZ48 9th Gen Information 昵称 (Nickname): 一雯 (YiWen) 生日 (Birthday):??? The third Pirates of the Caribbean movie features a character based loosely on Ching Shih named “Mistress Ching”. Boldly, Zheng Yi Sao (meaning "Zheng Yi's wife") shoots him a stipulation: She will marry him only "if he [gives her] an equal share in his enterprise." Now, a pirate controlling a large portion of the Emperor’s land and subjects didn’t sit well with him. As for Ching Shih herself, she negotiated the rights to keep the fortune she’d accumulated and acquired a noble title, “Lady by Imperial Decree”, which entitled her to various legal protections as a member of the aristocracy. Captured pretty women could be divvied up or purchased by members of the Red Flag Fleet. 16 records in 15 cities for Yi Zheng in Texas. Thanks. The two then became even closer, once Bonny knew she was a woman, and Rackham became jealous. That is a confirmation of WP:COMMONNAME, therefore per that policy the page should have remained at Ching Shih. The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the late 1700s. Gaiushe (talk) 06:41, 15 April 2021 (UTC), The article now says .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}better known internationally as Ching Shih. Evidence by her descendants suggest she then was returned to her father and married off to Joseph Burleigh a year later and subsequently had 10 children by him, along with the one by Captain Rackham, and lived to the ripe old age of 80. The deal that she struck was that the fleet would disband, including giving up most of their ships, and in return, they would nearly all be granted amnesty and allowed to keep any loot they had acquired during their time as pirates. Is that affirmed in any of the listed sources? Read subsequently died in prison either before or during childbirth. As such, he raised a fleet of ships to attack Ching Shih’s fleet. Her birth name isn’t known, but this Cantonese pirate went by the name Ching Shih (also, by Zhèng Yi Sao, “wife of Zhèng”, and Zhèng Shì, “widow of Zhèng”. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. As there is no record of her baby or the birth, it is thought she died of some sickness before giving birth. But an 1801 encounter with Zheng Yi, pirate commander of the Red Flag Fleet, would pluck Ching Shih from this floating obscurity and change her life forever. Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Eaton-Peabody Laboratory 243 Charles Street Boston, MA 2114 Tel: 617-543-3673 Fax: 617-720-4408 Email: Zheng-Yi_Chen@meei.harvard.edu Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. He has found a worthy partner in Asuka but tends to bear burdens alone and that sometimes makes him harsh with his decisions. At the age of 26, she found herself working as a prostitute in a floating brothel in Canton. Trying to find Yi Zhang? Not liking that, she switched and joined the British military, again still disguised as a man. However, now without a fleet large enough to take her on alone, the Qing Dynasty government enlisted the aid of the super-power British and Portuguese navies, as well as many Dutch ships, paying them large sums for their help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.187.143 (talk) 15:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC), Hey the article says that she was a prostitute; however, I've heard someone dispute this claim, anybody know anything about that? Born to a family that eventually became quite wealthy, she went against her father’s wishes and married a poor sailor/pirate. The exceptions were 376 of her crew of which 126 were executed and the other 250 received some punishment or other for their crimes. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. Kavrod (talk) 09:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC), I have no fear of copyright violation for the 1836 engraving(?) BTW: In 1801 she worked as a prostitute and married the … Also the citation of this sentence is not clear. While there, she caught the eye of Zhèng Yi, already a successful pirate with a small fleet of ships at his command, known as the “Red Flag Fleet”. If you take shore-leave without permission, you get your head chopped off and body thrown into the ocean. Kirkus Reviews LXXXVIII, no. Zheng Yi is the young Scion of a noble house from Greed Dike. During the next six years, their fleet grew initially from about 200 ships to 600 with some key alliances, including forming the Cantonese Pirate Coalition with pirate Wu Shi’er, and then to 1700-1800 ships by 1807, as more and more pirates flocked to their banner. Your email address will not be published. Liz holds a BFA in art and a BA in anthropology from the University of Washington and currently resides in Edmonds, Washington, with her husband and son. We don't need two or more for every persons name. I am translating this page to Dutch but I don't understand the following sentence. Unfortunately for him, Ching Shih was also a brilliant military strategist and rather than running from the Emperor’s armada, she sailed out to meet it with her fleet, which defeated the armada quite easily. Read, however, died shortly thereafter in prison of some unknown sickness. Explore where Yi Zheng may currently live along with possible previous addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, relatives and more. Again, I bet she had fascinating bedtime stories that she told her children. [1] Typaige (talk) 21:51, 4 May 2020 (UTC)TyrusPaige, [2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Denimadept (talk • contribs) 19:16, August 28, 2007 (UTC), Just curious, is it allowed to add the complete text of a copyrighted article on CNN to the entry? Zheng Yi picks one girl to be his bride. Because she controlled pretty much the entire criminal element in the South Chinese Sea, she also was able to guarantee safe passage through it to any merchants who wanted to pay. When first married, Chang Shih and Zhèng Yi sailed to Vietnam and took part in the Tay-Son rebellion, but their faction was defeated and they left shortly thereafter. I take it that it was Cheng I swore a father/son relationship to Cheung Po as it makes sense for the contemporary culture, for a leader to take up-and-coming leaders into "the family". Trying to find Y Zheng? All in all its a good from what I see. Zheng-Yi Chen, who is at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, is the senior author of the article. Andy Zheng in the US . Was the age miscalculated or is the year of her birth unknown and was wrongly calculated back as 1785, while it should be 1775? ...o0O [GUTH3] O0o... 04:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC), The AWE reference gets the timeframe of the movie wrong. All the rest got off scot-free and as part of the agreement any who wanted it were to be allowed to join the military, including her second in command and now husband, Chang Pao. I find her of interest partly because my sitting room window faces Tung Chung Bay. Confucious said: “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. about An inspiring story of Zheng Yi Sao, the real-life pirate queen who took control of her life - and the South China seas - in the early 19th century. Cheng I Sao lived a long life, staying involved in politics and dying in 1844 at 69 years old. Recury 20:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC), How do we know that the birth and death dates listed at the bottom are accurate? Honestly you might be better off replacing the word prostitute with sex worker to avoid the confusion. Ching Shih was also given money to distribute to her crew to help offset the cost of them switching from a life at sea, to one in the mainland. Zheng Yi met an untimely end in 1807, but his widow didn 't hesitate to secure their gains. We found 20 people public records in all 50 states. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Although sentenced to die, Bonny and the other female pirate, Read, were initially spared as they were both pregnant. --2601:300:4100:E650:5CB4:C044:93D5:BCD4 (talk) 05:32, 6 April 2016 (UTC). While female pirates weren’t uncommon off the coast of Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries, one woman stood above them all. It isn’t exactly known how she got off, but it is thought her father intervened on her behalf (he is known to have done so before in other instances where she was arrested), using his connections with various merchants and businessmen in the Bahamas to secure her release. So only about a century before Ching Shih. He was then forced into the life of a pirate. However, in 1810 she unexpectedly showed up at the home of the Governor General of Canton with the intention of working out a peace treaty. Zhang Bao, with Zheng Yi Sao accompanying him, would later be transferred to Min'an, Fujian, where Zheng Yi Sao would give birth to a son, Zhang Yulin, in 1813 (張玉麟). - Esmost talk 07:23, 19 March 2021 (UTC), Hi all, I have revised large sections of the article which were shoddily written with no reliable sources. "Second, no one was to steal from the public fund or any villagers that supplied the pirates.[13]". Yi proposed to Shih, however the nature of the event itself remains a source of speculation. (Jan 01, 2020). The Pirate Confederation of Zheng Yi and Zheng Yi Sao, 1800–1810 After being unseated from Taiwan by China’s Qing rulers, many of the region’s pirates returned to their traditional trade on a smaller scale in the Pearl River delta region (Antony 2003: 43). No exceptions.”  Specific laws included: She didn’t just restrict herself to sea battles either. If you liked this article and the Bonus Pirate Facts below, you might also like: Interesting article. Due to being born illegitimately, Read’s mother began dressing her as a boy nearly from birth to take the place of her dead legitimate older brother. Six years later, Zheng Yi is dead, and his widow now commands 70,000 men and over 1,800 ships. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Zheng… BTW: In 1801 she worked as a prostitute and married the pirate leader in the same year. Ölen eşinin evlatlığı olan 張保仔Zhang Bao Zi le iş birliği yapıp, onlarca gemiye ve binlerce mürettebata sahip olmuştur. --Tallyho (talk) 12:58, 9 May 2013 (UTC), I can find no record via Google of these sources even existing. Yi Zhihu tells the Earl of Zheng that the balance of power is not in Zheng’s favor, as the state faces a siege by two of the great powers of the age. From there, she sometimes dressed as a woman and sometimes as a man, depending on the circumstance. However, if a pirate was awarded or purchased a pretty woman, he was then considered married to her and was expected to treat her accordingly. Fascinating woman. At the Red Flag Fleet’s peak in 1810, she commanded about 1800 ships, both big and small; 70,000-80,000 pirates (about 17,000 male pirates directly under her control, the rest being other pirate groups who agreed to work with her group, then female pirates, children, spies, farmers enlisted to supply food, etc. I will revise more section of the article pending availability. Upon agreeing to marry Captain Zheng Yi, she boldly asks to be made co-owner of half the fleet. P.S. Through skillful diplomacy , Madame Zheng took charge of the confederation , convincing the captains that their best interests lay in continued collaboration . As Daryl Lang sums up: “The word prostitute, as a noun, carries the person’s entire identity in one word and casts someone as an object for sale. That source might have more textual information, too, as it would have been published in her lifetime. The top city of residence is Houston, followed by Austin. We found 65 people public records in all 50 states. Eric also answers to Eric Y Zheng, Yi Zheng Zheng and Yi Zheng … I'm actively trying and can find absolutely nothing other than this article, things quoting this article, and one book about pirate trivia. Great article though, I never knew any of this. We found 17 records in 10 states for Andy Zheng in the US. On land and sea, Zheng Yi Sao's power rivaled the emperor himself. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. is it just my everything acting up or are half the sources broken links? But it's not "adoption" in the contemporary sense. Over the next decade, t The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the late 1700s. Cheng I Sao negotiated for her men, too. 67.135.131.194 08:42, 28 May 2007 (UTC). Why does "unfavorable wind conditions." So not only was she arguably the most successful pirate of all time, but unlike pretty much every other famous pirate in history, she also managed to escape being executed or punished in any way for her crimes and retired extremely wealthy and a member of the aristocracy. If you rape anyone without permission from the leader of your squadron, you get your head chopped off and your body thrown in the ocean. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Chang Pao was the son of a fisherman and had actually been captured by Zhèng Yi when Chang Pao was just 15. She used her numerous shallow-bottomed boats to good advantage along rivers to raid towns along the way, including defeating any armies that came against her. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. The average Andy Zheng is around 55 years of age with around 40% falling in to the age group of 21-40. For the purpose of this article, I’ll just refer to her as Ching Shih to avoid any confusion.). Zheng-Yi Chen, D Phil. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. As for the Admiral of the fleet sent against her, Kwo Lang, he committed suicide before he could be captured by Ching Shih. An interesting first hand account of being held captive by this particular fleet of pirates: Title: Mr. Glasspoole and the Chinese pirates : being the narrative of Mr. Richard Glasspoole of the ship Marquis of Ely : describing his captivity of eleven weeks and three days whilst held for ransom by the villainous ladrones of the China Sea in the year 1809 : together with extracts from the China records and the log of the Marquis of Ely : and some remarks on Chinese pirates ancient and modern / by Owen Rutter ; and four engravings on wood by Robert Gibbings. She won battle after battle until finally the Emperor decided to take a different tack. In terms of sources, I've been in contact with Professor Dian Murray who is considered to be the preeminent scholar on this subject. ( see: http://getedited.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/take-a-different-tack-or-tact/ ) Taking part in the fighting and looting, this red-headed beauty quickly gained the respect of her fellow pirates. PMaranci 19:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC), How can Borges, a man famous for blurring the line between fact and fiction, be trusted as a reliable reference? He quickly gained favor in the eyes of Zhèng Yi due to his intelligence, bravery, and skill in a fight and was adopted by the pirate captain and Ching Shih as a son and made second in command of the fleet. Captured ugly women were to be set free unharmed. NOAA is even playing the name game………….there are no storms anymore, just weather events. For instance, two towns once banded together, raised an army, and sent it against her forces. But the source says clearly: 69. And I really have no idea where did the "step-son" designation came from... Kschang77 (talk) 18:42, 18 November 2020 (UTC), Considering 鄭氏's extensive Cantonese background, why exactly is her name rendered in Mandarin (Ching Shih) as opposed to Cantonese (Sek Cheung)? To me it seems extremely unlikely that repeated rogue attacks on HM´s ships basically were left unanswered by the Admiralty, considering the great political influence of the Company etc. If you disobey an order, you get your head chopped off and body thrown in the ocean. "PIRATE QUEEN: A STORY OF ZHENG YI SAO." Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. The top state of residence is New York, followed by Maryland. Required fields are marked *. In order to manage her ruffians and get them all to do what she said without question, she setup a strict system of law within the Red Flag Fleet which basically equated to, “You don’t follow the rules or I think you aren’t and you get your head chopped off. [1] Typaige (talk) 21:51, 4 May 2020 (UTC)TyrusPaige Typaige (talk) 21:57, 4 May 2020 (UTC) TyrusPaige. I can see that the Gosse book does exist [3]. The attacks on her fleet didn’t stop there. Exactly how the two ended up together is disputed. Summary: Eric Zheng's birthday is 05/23/1963 and is 57 years old. Aside from absolute fun, the Age of Empires franchise is built on the sole foundation of history, and this time, Microsoft and Relic Entertainment want to take things further with Age of Empire IV.. Where Did the NASA Expression Steely-Eyed Missile Man Come From? need a link to 'sailing'? Another famous female pirate was Anne Bonny. Check out WikiProject Biography Tips for writing better articles. Yi Zheng in Texas . Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business.