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Limahong
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Limahong, Lim Hong, or Lin Feng (Teochew , :, : ), well known as Ah Hong (Teochew , : , : ) or Lim-A-Hong or Limahon (Teochew , :, : ), was a Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippines in 1574. He built up a reputation for his constant raids to ports in Guangdong, Fujian and southern China. He is noted to have twice attempted, and failed, to invade the Spanish city of Manila in 1574. He succeeded in invading a portion of Pangasinan, but was later repelled by reinforcements.

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Vinony's link graph records 979 inbound references to Limahong, and connects out to Ming dynasty, sea piracy and history of the Philippines (1565–1898).

It is catalogued under topics including 16th-century Chinese people, 16th-century pirates and Chinese expatriates in the Philippines.

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Key facts

Person.name
Limahong
Person.native_name
林阿鳳
Person.native_name_lang
zh
Person.birth_place
Raoping, Chaozhou, Great Ming
Person.occupation
Pirate, warlord
Person.years_active
1571-1589
Chinese.s
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Chinese.t
林阿鳳
Chinese.p
Lín Āfèng
Chinese.w
Lin2 A1-fêng4
Chinese.poj
Lîm A-hōng
Chinese.teo
Lim⁵ A¹hong⁶
Chinese.s2
林凤
Chinese.t2
林鳳
Chinese.p2
Lín Fèng
Chinese.w2
Lin2 Fêng4
Chinese.poj2
Lîm Hōng
Chinese.teo2
Lim⁵ Hong⁶

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Lin
Gender
male
Place of birth
Raoping County
Occupation
pirate
Languages spoken
Chinese
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date of birth
1400-00-00
date of death
1575-01-01
Commons category
Limahong
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Origins
  • Attack on Manila
  • In Pangasinan
  • Later activities
  • Legacy
  • Popular culture
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Limahong, Lim Hong, or Lin Feng (Teochew , :, : ), well known as Ah Hong (Teochew , : , : ) or Lim-A-Hong or Limahon (Teochew , :, : ), was a Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippines in 1574. He built up a reputation for his constant raids to ports in Guangdong, Fujian and southern China. He is noted to have twice attempted, and failed, to invade the Spanish city of Manila in 1574. He succeeded in invading a portion of Pangasinan, but was later repelled by reinforcements.

==Origins== thumb|Portrait of Limahong's attack from La Illustración Filipina, 1894 Wokou merchant-pirates became a serious problem along the China coast in the early 16th century. Merchant-pirates such as Wang Zhi, Ye Zongman, Li Guangtou, and Xu Dong constructed large trading ships in Guangdong and Shuangyu, where they established clandestine trade relations between Japan, China, Vietnam, and Korea. Aided by the Portuguese, pirate activities peaked between 1553 and 1561, and included a raid in 1556 consisting of more than 20,00020,000 what?. This clandestine trade extended to the Philippines, with Miguel López de Legazpi reporting in 1567, annual visits by Japanese and Chinese traders. Increased Chinese navy patrols forced pirates such as Lin Daoqian to escape to Luzon, although temporarily.

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

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