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Ching Shih

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Ching Shih

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Also known as Cheng I Sao, Shih Yang, Shih Heang Koo, Ching Shih Shih, Zheng Yi Sao

influential female Chinese pirate

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Ching Shih was a person from Taiwan. The individual was born in 1775 and died in 1844. Records indicate a gender of male and an artist type of person.

The subject is associated with two works, including *Hymnes sancrits, persans, e gyptiens, assyriens et chinois* and *Wen I-to ti tao lu*. Another source lists a total of five works. The name "Zheng Yi Sao" appears in a related category.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Hymnes sancrits, persans, e gyptiens, assyriens et chinois
  • Wen I-to ti tao lu

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Taiwan
Active from
1950-11-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
38
Total plays
65

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ching+Shih">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Shi Yang ( 石陽 ) , c. 1775, Xinhui County , Guangdong , China
Died
1844 (aged 68 – 69), Nanhai , China
Occupations
Pirate leader and gambling house owner
Criminal charge
Piracy
Criminal status
Pacified
Spouses
Zheng Yi ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1801 ; died 1807 ) ​ Zheng Bao ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1810 ; died 1822 ) ​
Children
Zheng Yingshi ( 鄭英石 ) (son) Zheng Xiongshi ( 鄭雄石 ) (son) Zhang Yulin ( 張玉麟 ) (son) name unknown (daughter)
Other names
Shi Xianggu ( 石香姑 ) , Ching Shih ( 鄭氏 )
Type
Pirate
Allegiance
Guangdong Pirate Confederation (1805–1810)
Years active
1801–1810
Base of operations
Lantau Island , Hong Kong
Commands
Guangdong Pirate Confederation (400 ships, 40,000–70,000 pirates in 1805) Personal command of 24 ships and 1,433 pirates in 1810
Later work
Gambling house owner at Guangzhou

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Qing dynasty
Place of birth
Guangdong
Place of death
Portuguese Macau
Occupation
prostitute
Languages spoken
Chinese
Image
鄭一嫂.jpg
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Commons category
Zheng Yi Sao
date of birth
1775-00-00
date of death
1844-00-00
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Cheng I Sao Traditional Chinese鄭一嫂 Simplified Chinese郑一嫂 Literal meaningwife of Zheng Yi

Shih Yang (birth name)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ching Shih” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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