The Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao | The China History Podcast | Ep. 174
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- In this latest newly edited episode Laszlo gets around to the oft-requested subject of piracy in early 19th century China. Pirates had been a fact of life going back to the most olden days. Mid to late Qing Dynasty the amount of trade being plied on the China coast attracted pirates like never before.
Zheng Yi Sao (“Zheng Yi’s Wife”) was a tough woman from the Pearl River Delta who married the most notorious pirate of his day Zheng Yi. Upon Zheng Yi’s death, his widow took control of his massive pirate fleet. With her adopted son, and later husband Cheung Po Tsai, she controlled what as, at the time, the largest pirate fleet that preyed on coastal dwellers and vessels engaged in trade. She later became an inspiration for many characters that appeared in books, movies, video games and other media.
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Thanks John. Hope you like all the other stuff on this channel.
Very interesting podcast. Wish I had discovered this gem earlier.
Better late than never. I hope you check out some of the other stuff on the channel. Thanks for stopping by.
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Hehehe thanks for making a Good piece here, i just want to ask, where's ur sources?
mmm and i really like hearing you say their whole name many times, makes it easier to "learn" Chinese ^^
Recommend you tag this Cheng I Sao, as there is a popular video on this topic right now on Extra Credits
Done! Thanks Johny. I didn't even know you could add tags to episodes....Thanks for helping out this technical idiot.
I liked that you kept the title as the pinyin though, I've always been bothered by the older transliteration systems that turned everything into a "ch"
Pinyin always worked for me. Learners of Chinese tend to be quite loyal to their Romanization system.
Is this an actaul picture of her? Interesting that she is using a western sword and not a chinese one. I am dieing to know what kinds of weapons they used and what their combat methods were, and how it compared to western pirates in the Carribean - ofc this is much later than Carribean golden age of piracy.
I'd be very surprised if that's a real picture of her. When you look in books and all over the web, there are one or two images of her. This was the 1800's. I wouldn't bet my life on that being the actual picture.
The image is fan art of Crystal Yu playing Zeng Yi Sao in the Dr. Who franchise.
Source?
Hi Rösternas, This was from too long ago and I usually don't save my notes and outlines. Sorry about that.
Is the I SAO sister in law?
I Sao can be translated as #1 Sister-in-law. 一 (Yī) of course is One and 嫂 (Sǎo) means elder brother's wife or sister-in-law. Èr Sǎo (二嫂) would mean second brother's wife.
@@ChinaHistoryPodcast I was slightly confused because I am used to hearing Da Sao, not Yi sao. Thanks for the heads up man!
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