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You Hollanders are conceited and senseless people; you will make yourselves unworthy of the mercy which I now offer; you will subject yourselves to t… - Koxinga
" "You Hollanders are conceited and senseless people; you will make yourselves unworthy of the mercy which I now offer; you will subject yourselves to the highest punishment by proudly opposing the great force I have brought with the mere handful of men which I am told you have in your Castle; you will obstinately persevere in this. Do you not wish to be wiser? Let your losses at least teach you, that your power here cannot be compared to a thousandth part of mine.
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About Koxinga
Koxinga (國姓爺) (August 1624 – June 23, 1662), a Chinese Ming dynasty loyalist, was born in Hirado, Japan. He led the Ming Chinese loyalist resistance against the Manchu Qing invaders, and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan.
Also Known As
Pen Names:
明儼
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大木
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福松
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開台尊王
Native Name:
鄭成功
Alternative Names:
Chenggong
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Zheng Chenggong
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Zheng Sen
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Guoxingye
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Zhongjie
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Zhuchenggong
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Sen
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Mingyan
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Senshe
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Yanping Junwang
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Damu
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Prince of Yanping
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Tīnn Sîng-kong
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Kok-Sìⁿ-iâ
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Iân-pêng-ông
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Hukumatu
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Coxinja
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Yanping Jyunwang
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Yen-p'ing Chün-wang
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Duke Yanping
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Tēnn Sîng-kong
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Khai-san-ông
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Kaishan Wang
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Kaishan King
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Kaizan ō
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Cheng Cen
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Teiseikô
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You have by this time surely seen with your own eyes what your iron ships, with which you think you can accomplish wonders and on which you boast so much, can do against my junks; how one of them has been burned by one of my junks and has disappeared in smoke; how the others would have met with the same doom had they not taken to flight and gone out to sea.
I will give you more and stronger ones. But if you still persist in refusing to listen to reason and decline to do my bidding, and if you wish deliberately to rush to your ruin, then I will shortly, in your presence, order your Castle to be stormed. (Here he pointed with one hand towards Fort Provintia.) My smart boys will attack it, conquer it, and demolish it in such a way, that not one stone will remain standing. If I wish to set my forces to work, then I am able to move Heaven and Earth; wherever I go, I am destined to win. Therefore take warning, and think the matter well over.
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