Yong Saetae

Chinese merchant

Yong Saetae (Thai: หยง แซ่แต้; Chinese: 鄭鏞,[1] Teochew: Dên Iong; ?–?) was a Chinese merchant and the father of King Taksin the Great. The Vietnamese called him Trịnh Yển (鄭偃).[2][3]

His birth name was Dên Dag (Chinese: 鄭達; pinyin: Zhèng Dá). Born in Chenghai County, Chaoshan, China.[4]: 112 [5][6] It was said that he was a broad-minded and unconventional man. His fellow countrymen did not like him, and called him Pai Gian Dag (痞囝達 or 歹子達, lit. "Dag, the ruffian"[7] in Teochew).[1] he came to Siam to do business,[8][9] and became rich, and changed his name to Yong Saetae. Later, he became a tax-collector,[10]: 770  and married a wealthy royal woman Nok-lang (later Princess Phithak Thephamat), who later gave birth to Taksin.[1][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c 四十二梅居士, 鄭昭傳
  2. ^ Việt Nam sử lược, vol. 2, chap. 6
  3. ^ Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện sơ tập, vol. 32: "茫薩地名長鄭國英一名生淸潮洲人其父偃流寓于暹爲茫薩長"
  4. ^ Bertil Lintner. Blood Brothers: The Criminal Underworld of Asia. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 1-4039-6154-9.
  5. ^ Woodside 1971, p. 8.
  6. ^ Are we them? The Chinese in 20th-century Thai literature and history, pp. 189
  7. ^ "Teochew-Mandarin online dictionary". 痞囝 (pai2 gian2): 痞子
  8. ^ 曼谷皇宫往事钩沉
  9. ^ Draft History of Qing, vol.528: "昭中國廣東人也父賈于暹羅生昭"
  10. ^ Carl Parkes. Moon Handbooks: Southeast Asia 4 Ed. Avalon Travel Publishing. ISBN 1-56691-337-3.
  11. ^ Xu, Yunqiao (1955). Xianluo wang Zheng Zhao zhuan (in Chinese). Zhonghua shu ju. OCLC 33806498.
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