Introduction -- Unrest on the China coast -- The rise of Zheng Zhilong -- Zheng Chenggong's politicization of the China coast -- From Dutch Taiwan to Zheng Taiwan -- The antagonism across the Taiwan Strait -- The politics of peace talks -- Shi Lang the admiral -- The crucial naval battle near Penghu -- Taiwan's integration with China -- Conclusion.

This is the first book to comprehensively cover the historical process leading to Taiwan's integration with Mainland China in the seventeenth century. As such, it addresses the Taiwan question in the seventeenth century, presenting for the first time the process leading to the island's integration with the mainland through the story of the Zheng family and Admiral Shi Lang. The author has confirmed Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)'s Ming loyalism and his politicization of the conflicts on the China coast. Thus, the author concludes that Zheng was a "revolutionary traditionalist" who transformed sheer violence into a political movement in an unprecedented way. He politicized the entire region and paved the way for the inevitable conflict with Mainland China. After repeated political talks had failed, the rising Qing China decided to take Taiwan by force. Though seaborne warfare was a formidable task at the time, the man who overcame these difficulties and completed the seemingly impossible mission was none other than Admiral Shi Lang. The book provides a new and more justifiable assessment of the Admiral's contribution to the conquest of Taiwan and pacification of coastal unrest. The book will be of interest to general readers as well as specialists researching security and warfare on the China coast.

Local access dig. pdf. [Wong-ConquestTaiwan.pdf]

[Jinghai jilüe [i] 靖海紀略] (after 1554), by Zheng Mao 鄭茂, jinshi 1553 ..... Record of the invasion by the Wo pirates of the coastal areas of southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang in 1554.....To be distinguished from another work with the same title (2.8.6). Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 222-223 (7.8.5)

[Jinghai jilüe [ii] 靖海紀略] (early Chongzhen). 4 juan by Cao Lütai 曹履泰, jinshi 1625...... Collection of letters and other documentary materials dealing with the coastal pirates in Southern Fujian (one of whom was Zheng Zhilong 鄭芝龍), written when the author was an official at Tong'an 同安, near Quanzhou during the late Tianqi and early Chongzhen periods..... To be distinguished from another work with the same title (7.8.5). –Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 64 (2.8.6)

Library has 4 vols. only; part I wanting.
pt. 1. The organization and functioning of local government in Taiwan during the Ch'ing period -- pt. 2. The organization and functioning of rural zones in Taiwan during the Ch'ing period -- pt. 2a. Rural organization and the actual operation of rural zones in Taiwan during the Ch'ing period -- pt. 3. The organization and functioning of aboriginal villages in Taiwan during the Ch'ing period -- pt. 3a. The organization and actual operation of aboriginal villages in Taiwan during the Ch'ing period.
Includes bibliographical references.