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Death of Zheng Chenggong
On June 23, 1662, Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping of the Southern Ming and founder of the Dongning regime, died of illness in Tainan at age 38, mo…
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- 1662Chengtian Prefecture (Tainan) · TainanShortly after recovering Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong, worn out by years of campaigning and falling ill, learned that his eldest son Zheng Jing had committed adultery with his daughter-in-law in Xiamen and killed the child. Filled with grief and anger, he died of illness at Chengtian Prefecture, leaving his unfinished northern expedition as his dying wish.
Sources
- 台湾外纪 — 蓝鼎元（据阮永华本）
- 明史·列传·郑成功传 https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/明史/卷291