#264 - Qing 9: Koxinga Attacks!

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 27 January 2024

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Between the Southern Ming warlord Zheng Chenggong in Fujian, and the Dutch East India Company across the Taiwan Strait in Ft. Zeelandia, a curious figure named He Tingbin serves as the two powers' sole line of communication and diplomacy. But He Tingbin has only one true master - himself. And in his drive to maximize his own gains (and minimize his risk of exposure) he will throw the entire cross-strait dialogue into chaos... Time Period Covered: 1657-1661 CE Major Historical Figures: Southern Ming Loyalists [Xiamen, Fujian]: Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), Lord of the Imperial Surname [1624-1662] Yang Ying, Court Revenue Officer & Recordkeeper Dutch East India Co. (VOC) [Ft. Zeelandia, Taiwan]: He Tingbin, Headman & translator Cornelius Caesar [Governor, 1651-1656] Frederick Coyett [Governor, 1656-1662] Hermanus Clenk van Odesse [Governor-select, dispatched 1662] Admiral Jan van der Laan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Episode 264, Koshinginka attacks.
0:58.8	We begin today with the tale of a curious figure who would in almost any other circumstance likely have been overlooked by history,
1:01.0	save for his strangely central place in the conclusion of our tale of Dutch
1:05.4	Taiwan and the Lord of the Imperial surname, Dunchungong.
1:10.2	His name is a Tingbin. Tingbin was a headsman, translator for the Dutch, village leaseholder, tax farmer, and merchant.
1:18.1	In many ways, he was like many other wealthy and well-connected Chinese immigrants who had bought a stake in the colony.
1:24.4	But in other ways he was less typical.
1:27.6	For instance he had especially close relations to the Jung court and with other traders in
1:32.1	Cochinga's new capital, Chaman.
1:35.5	He also appears to have been an inveterate Khan man.
1:38.9	Even other Chinese businessmen accused him of behaving unethically in order to, quote,
1:43.0	satisfy his greedy appetite and fill his bottomless stomach,
1:47.0	end quote.
1:48.0	Nevertheless, in 1657, when it was time to appoint an envoy to the Court of Kossinga to attempt to smooth over their
1:56.2	by now rather soured relations, it was to Hating bin that the Dutch East India Company was forced
2:01.9	to turn.
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