Uncovering Zheng Yi Sao's (Ching Shih) Historical Distortion in the West (with Larry Feign)

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Zheng Yi Sao (Ching Shih) is a very well known figure in the West while Zhang Bao Zai is relegated to be a supporting character in her story. But In Hong Kong, the opposite is true. So in this episode, I talked with Larry Feign to find out why.

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0:00 Introduction
1:32 Sponsor
2:53 Was Zheng Yi Sao Real?
3:39 Zhang Bao Zai more famous in Hong Kong
4:21 How Reliable Were the Original Source?
7:59 Origin of the Distortion
12:14 Other Research on this Distortion

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📚SOURCES:
靖海氛記 (Jing Hai Fen Ji), 1830, 袁永綸 (Yuan Yonglun)
王珂, 2019, 事实与虚构中的郑一嫂:一个女海盗形象在中西语境中的流变
Dian Murray, 1981, One Woman’s Rise to Power: Cheng I’s Wife and the Pirates
Dian Murray, 2001, Cheng I Sao in Fact and Fiction (in C.R. Pennel’s, 2001, Bandits at Sea)
Mr. Dalrymple, 1812, Larones on the Coast of China (Richard Glasspoole’s account)

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