Ching Shih the Pirate Queen who Ruled the South China Sea April Magazine
Ching Shih (or Zheng Shi) was a Chinese prostitute who became a powerful female pirate, controlling the infamous Red Flag Fleet. The fleet grew under her command, with expanding reserves of loot, and an organized system of business.
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Zheng Yi Sao (aka Ching Shih, Cheng I Sao, Ching Yih Saou or Mrs Cheng, d. 1844) was the chief of a massive pirate confederation which plundered the South China Sea in the early 19th century. She inherited the role from her late husband, Zheng Yi (1765-1807), expanding the pirate fleet and defeating three Chinese flotillas in the process.
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Ching Shih, born Shi Xianggu in 1775, entered life much more humbly than she left it. In fact, little is known of her life pre-piracy, save for her first profession. She was working as a prostitute in Cantonese-speaking Guangdong province when she met her future husband, the infamous pirate Cheng I. Ching Shih (Right) | Public Domain
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Despite her famous exploits Ching Shih is a elusive woman to pin down, but then again pirates never made it easy to catch them. Unlike the famous pirates of the West Indies who took great pains to project an image, Ching Shih, probably the top big time pirate of them all, remains in the shadows, very little of her personality comes through the.
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American Military History A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History Sometimes called, Zheng Yi Sao or "Wife of Zheng Yi," she's known to history as Ching.
24 Ruthless Facts About Ching Shih, China's Cunning Pirate Queen
Ching Shih was born in 1775 to humble origins in Guangdong, China during the Qing Dynasty's rule. At a very young age, she began working as a prostitute in a floating brothel in the city of Canton. There, she had a reputation for using the secrets she learned at her job to wield power over wealthy and politically connected clients.
24 Ruthless Facts About Ching Shih, China's Cunning Pirate Queen
The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws Ching Shih, who lived and pillaged during the Qing Dynasty, has been called the most successful pirate in history. by Urvija Banerji.
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Madame Ching Shih, The Terror Of South China Now officially known as the name she would be remembered by, Ching Shih — which translates to "Ching's (Zheng's) widow" — oversaw somewhere between 50,000 and 70,000 pirates. The ruthless ruler kicked off her regime with a strict code of conduct.
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The fearsome female pirate Ching Shih lived and pillaged during China's Qing Dynasty, and is considered to have been the most successful pirate in history. Born into poverty before becoming a sex worker, she was plucked out of relative obscurity by Cheng I, a notorious pirate who operated in the South China Sea.
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Zheng Yi died suddenly in Nguyễn Vietnam on 16 November 1807, sources varied on whether he died in a typhoon, falling overboard in an accident, or if he was killed by his wife, or his new heir. Soon after his death, his widow Ching Shih ( simplified Chinese: 郑氏; traditional Chinese: 鄭氏; pinyin: Zhèng Shì; meaning "widow of Zheng.
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In fact, her legacy was only first explored in depth in 1987, when Dian Murray published Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790-1810 - 143 years after the pirate lord died. Records call her Ching Shih, Madam Ching or Zheng Shi, all meaning 'widow of Zheng Yi'; though she was born Shil Gang Xu, a girl from the Guangdong (Canton) province.
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Zheng Shi, Pirate Lady of China. The most successful pirate in history was not Blackbeard (Edward Teach) or Barbarossa, but Zheng Shi or Ching Shih of China. She acquired great wealth, ruled the South China Seas, and best of all, survived to enjoy the spoils. We know next to nothing about Zheng Shi's early life.
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A Chinese junk depicted in Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton, published in 1804
Ching Shih from Prostitute to Pirate Lord Ancient Origins
1. Rags to riches arc Shih, born in 1775, was only in her mid-20s when she became a pirate. Not much is known about Ching Shih's early life, except that, before she became a pirate, Shih was a well-known prostitute in Canton, a southeast China city.
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Ching Shih (1775-1844), known also under the name Zheng Yi Sao, was a very beautiful woman who was also educated, intelligent, and business-savvy. She began her career as a prostitute, and her beauty caught the attention of the powerful pirate, Ching I, known also as Zheng Yi. Ching I fell in love with Ching Shih and proposed to her.