Wang Zhi (pirate)
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Wang Zhi, art name Wufeng, was a Chinese pirate lord of the 16th century, one of the main figures among the wokou pirates prevalent during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. Originally a salt merchant,
Ming-style hexagonal well in Hirado from Wang Zhi's time there
Jiajing wokou raids
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The Jiajing wokou raids caused extensive damage to the coast of China in the 16th century, during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the Ming dynasty. The term "wokou" originally referred to Japanese
Wang Zhi (pirate)
…in leading the first Europeans (the Portuguese) to reach Japan in 1543. On the other hand, the Ming government blamed Wang Zhi for the ravages of the Jiajing wokou raids, for which they executed Wang Zhi in 1560 when he was ashore in China trying to negotiate a relaxation of its maritime prohibitions. Wang Zhi was a…
Statue of Hu Zongxian in Yuyao, Zhejiang
Wokou tujuan, an illustrated scroll depicting a wokou raid and the Ming army response in 1558, c. 17th century
Qi Jiguang