What is Koxinga?
{{Infobox Person | name = Zheng Chenggong<br>鄭成功 | image = Zheng Chenggong.JPG | caption = His statue on Gulangyu Island, [[Xiamen]] | birth_date = August 1624 | birth_place = [[Hirado]], [[Japan]] | death_date = June 23, 1662 (aged 37) | death_place = [[Tainan City|Tainan]], [[Taiwan]] | occupation = Military leader | spouse = Dong<ref>Willis, John E. (1974). ''Pepper, Guns and Parleys: The Dutch East India Company and China 1622-1681,'' p. 28.</ref> | parents = Zheng Zhilong (Father), Tagawa (Mother) | children = Zheng Jing, Zheng Xi | nationality = | citizenship = | other_names = | title = Guoxingye | successor = [[Zheng Jing]] | relations = }} '''Koxinga''' - ''Lord with the Imperial Surname'' is the traditional Western spelling<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.premier.com.tw/Touring/Koxinga%27sShrine.htm |title=Koxinga's Shrine |access-date=2009-09-08 |archive-date=2009-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318120318/http://www.premier.com.tw/Touring/Koxinga%27sShrine.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> of '''Zheng Chenggong''' (1624 - 1662). Koxinga was a leader at the end of the [[China|Chinese]] [[Ming Dynasty]]. He defeated the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] to claim [[Taiwan]] in 1662 at the [[Siege of Fort Zeelandia]]. ==Related pages== * [[Siege of Fort Zeelandia]] ==References== {{commons|Koxinga}} {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:History of Taiwan]] [[Category:1624 births]] [[Category:1662 deaths]] [[Category:History of China]] [[Category:Chinese military people]]