Zhu Wan
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Zhu Wan, courtesy name Zichun and art name Qiuya, was a Chinese general of the Ming dynasty. He was known for his uncompromising stance against the Jiajing wokou pirates and the gentry members who sec
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Wokou
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Wokou, meaning "Japanese pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 17th century. The wokou were made of various ethnicities of East Asian ancestr
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…However, he was soon transferred to the coastal province of Zhejiang the next year, as it was undergoing a military emergency in the form of the wokou pirates. After several years of debate over the disturbances on the coast, the Ming court under Senior Grand Secretary Xia Yan decided to appoint a new…
An 18th-century Chinese painting depicting a naval battle between wokou pirates and the Chinese
One of the gates of the Chongwu Fortress on the Fujian coast, originally built c. 1384
A suit of wokou armour on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
Attacks by the wokou. Excerpt of the Wokou Tujuan, a 17th-century scroll