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Zheng Zhilong
Zheng Zhilong was a Chinese merchant and pirate who built a great maritime trading network from Fujian, Japan and Taiwan. He entered Ming service as an admiral, supported the Ming loyalist court in Fujian, then surrendered to the Qing in 1646. His son Koxinga continued the resistance, and the Qing executed Zheng Zhilong in 1661.
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