Zheng Keshuang
| Zheng Keshuang 鄭克塽 | |||||
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1. Prince of Yanping 2. Prince of Chao 3. Duke of Haicheng | |||||
| Ruler of the Tungning | |||||
| Reign | March 1681 – 5 September 1683 | ||||
| Predecessor | Zheng Kezang | ||||
| Born |
13 August 1670 Chengtian Fu (承天府), Tungning | ||||
| Died |
22 September 1717 (aged 47) Beijing, Zhili Province, Great Qing | ||||
| Spouse | Feng, Princess of Chao | ||||
| Issue | three sons | ||||
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| Father | Zheng Jing, Prince Wen of Chao | ||||
| Mother | Tang, Princess Wen of Chao | ||||
| Zheng Keshuang | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭克塽 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 郑克塽 | ||||||||
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Zheng Keshuang (13 August 1670 – 22 September 1717), courtesy name Shihong (實弘), pseudonym Huitang (晦堂), was the third ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan in the 17th century. He was the second son of Zheng Jing and a grandson of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong).
When Zheng Jing died in 1681, the official Feng Xifan allied with Zheng Jing's cousin to launch a coup to kill Zheng Kezang (鄭克𡒉), Zheng Jing's eldest son, and install a 12-year-old Zheng Keshuang on the throne of Tungning. Zheng Keshuang became known as the "Prince of Yanping" (延平王).
In 1683, the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty commissioned Shi Lang to lead a naval fleet to attack Tungning. Shi Lang's fleet defeated the Tungning forces led by Liu Guoxuan at the Battle of Penghu. Feng Xifan then urged Zheng Keshuang to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Zheng Keshuang heeded his advice.[1]
Zheng Keshuang then moved to the Qing capital, Beijing, where he became a member of the Plain Red Banner of the Eight Banners, and received the title of "Duke of Haicheng" (海澄公; or "Sea-quelling Duke"[2])[3] from the Kangxi Emperor. Zheng's former soldiers like the rattan shield troops were also inducted into the Eight Banners and used by the Qing against Russian Cossacks at Albazin. He died of illness in 1717.[4]
Family and descendants
Zheng Keshuang married Feng Xifan's daughter and they had a son, Zheng Anfu (鄭安福).
The Taiwanese poet Zheng Chouyu (w:zh:鄭愁予; born 1933) is a descendant of Zheng Keshuang.
In fiction
Zheng Keshuang appears as one of the antagonists in the novel The Deer and the Cauldron by Louis Cha.
See also
References
- ↑ Hung, “Taiwan Under the Cheng Family, 1662 – 1683"
- ↑ Davidson (1903), p. 62.
- ↑ http://www.dartmouth.edu/~qing/WEB/CHENG_CHING.html
- ↑ Manthorpe 2008, p. 108.
Bibliography
- Hung, Chien-chao (1981). Taiwan Under the Cheng Family, 1662–1683: Sinicization After Dutch Rule (Ph.D. dissertation). Georgetown University. OCLC 63232462.
| Zheng Keshuang Born: 13 August 1670 Died: 22 September 1717 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Zheng Jing |
Prince of Yanping March 1681 – 5 September 1683 |
Office abolished surrendered to the Great Qing |
| New title | Prince of Chao Unknown – 5 September 1683 |
Office abolished surrendered to the Great Qing |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Zheng Kezang |
Ruler of the Tungning March 1681 – 5 September 1683 |
Succeeded by Zhou Chang (as Taixia Dao)[1] |
- ↑ a administrator of Great Qing in Taiwan and Xiamen