In the early 17th century an adventurer, Yen Ssu-ch'i, led a group of people from China's south-east coast across the Taiwan Straits to the port of Penkang.
明天啟年間（十七世紀初期），一群我國東南沿海的人民，在顏思齊的領導下，乘著十幾艘船在台灣的笨港登陸。笨港，這兩個字是當時平埔番土語「Poon-kan」音譯而來的。