@@izumonookuni781 Tbf, the Portuguese were all gangsta until a half dead Napoleonic Army reached Portugal. João VI specifically was all magnificent until he heard the French were coming.
THEY had the damn British Navy to deal with, had this woman had to deal with the Royal Navy she would've been squashed like a bug, her opposition was very light therefore it's her organizational skills that should be considered so great, not so much her fleet which consisted mainly of small ships and actually nothing resembling something that could stand up to a Blue water navy from Europe, as proof, she steered clear of any Royal Navy squadrons and made absolutely sure not to step on their toes, she knew her limit
She not only retired unpunished, but kept political power, along with a treasure big enough to stop worrying about life, *AND* she died at 69. If that is not badass, i don't know what is.
@@goldy496 got laid enough times, getting dates is not an issue. On the hand, a 3 digit number in your account implies you're a troll account, who probably doesn't have much going in life))
Uhhhhhh.... composition fallacy there lol. Pirates all across the world (yes, very much including Asian ones) were more than happy to rape the women of towns/ports they raided.
@nimmivids soyboy? Anything else you want to say to let the world know you're just a stupid kid? Maybe show how little life experience you actually have by continuing to imply that the world is black&white? Gtfoh child, go tell your parents they failed miserably.
Three important parts of the story given short shrift here: A) Many of Ching Shih's pirates were Koreans, rather than Chinese. When her original regulations were not widely obeyed, she purged much of her own ranks and recruited Koreans more willing to do as she said. B) Ching Shih' pirates were among the most feared and ruthless martial artists and hand-to-hand fighters of the time. They incorporated a brutal regimen of hand-to-hand training into their discipline. fighting to the death among themselves in training if necessary. They were so feared in this respect that Western navies did not even bother to engage them in boarding actions, but instead stayed at a distance and relied on firepower . . . of which they had plenty. C) Later in her career, she did face a widespread revolt in her own ranks, which was a big part of what brought her career to an end.
Source? Also hard to belive they got 70 000 Koreans running around in the South China Sea, thousands of kilometers away from Korea when there are plenty of Southern Chinese recruits, captured merchant ships and actual fleet crews of official Imperial navies of Europe and China to recruit.
I've seen her area of control as being "from Macau to Canton" a few times and it's always really funny to me because the cities are not actually that far apart
Ching Shih's husband was also incredibly good at fighting and battle tactics. (pretty much anything to do with war) while Ching Shih was very business savvy and incredibly good at social engineering. Pretty damn good combination of brains and brawn.
I think it could work as a limited series. TV shows are usually a better medium for long stories and to tell her story you would need more than 2 hours.
@@InvictaHistory I've noticed that you hilariously slur words in your videos, do you have intermittent strokes or something? 3:06, you try to say "marriage". You instead say "muhhhherrrge".
Thank You for not "cleaning" the story of Ching Shih/Cheng I Sao. Much appreciated. Her achivements here nothing short of amazing, but some like to downplay that she was a pirate.
Well Invicta got one thing wrong. Ching Shih did not ban rape and sexual abuse during her pirate career, in fact She owned many brothels at the end of her career.
@@Eyesonscreenstudio well, at that time brothels wouldn't be considered in any way sexual abuse. I think he meant pirates NOT raping every woman in a town when they raided It, which at the time was PRETTY STRANGE. I mean in Berlin there's a statue called "the unknown soviet soldier" but the locals prefer "the unknown soviet rapist" and i don't really need to explain nanking do I?
@Caffeinated Wizardok i get It, she "banned" raping but if you enlaces them first It was totally legal 😅 so the message IS we're horrificly amazing at avoiding legal repercusion
My history buff friends practically wax poetry about Ching Shih; I actually wish Pirates of the Caribbean could have depicted her as a badass rival to Jack and Barbosa. I would've liked the series more!
@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Yeah but you need to understand Chinese merchant boats and fisher boats also had cannons(for killing whales), and that was what made up her fleet. So 1700 captured Chinese civilian shipping would struggle against like 100 sixth rate ship of the line.
Yeah, she probably saw the out come of the Opium war way before those in the government, and took the steps she needed to keep her comfy life. Probably thought to herself if she was in her 20s again she'd be doing something similar, or better. I honestly wonder what that woman could accomplish if you gave her the entire modern US Navy fleet. Fully stocked and ready to rock.
She's definitely an awesome woman! Sometimes back in those days, you had to kill or be killed. But the fact that she did so with honor makes her a hero; one of my heroes. People like Caesar and Alexander the Great killed many more people than her, but retain their glory, because it was a different time. Even though i don't like that she killed people, I understand why she did it, and respect her immensely. The only way for a woman to earn real respect from the men of that time was to beat them at their own game, and that was a game of strength and force. Thank you for covering her! The art renditions were wonderful, and i liked the way you told her story.
12:23 It sounds like Philip of Spain, when he "asked" for the portuguese throne....... with the spanish fleet and army surrounding Lisbon....no pressure 😂
The reason why I love her so much is that no matter who she faces in an open battle or in diplomacy, she always gives off f you vibe. This is evident in the fact that she defeated everyone from the ching dynasty from the literal empires and managed to get away scott free
This irate lady was certainly impressive to be sure. It's a shame she's not as well known as her male counter-parts. She deserves her own movie or at least a TV series. Nice job.
Qin Liangyu, Shen Yunying, and Gao Guiying were three powerful female generals of the ming dynasty, the later two fighting against each other, the first for the ming, the later leading a rebellion against them. Maybe you should consider making a video on those figures?
I wonder if Ching ever considered assassinating her husband. With his death (as we saw) she would gain unparalleled power, a power she could in no way gain on her own. At least, not in the amount of time it took for both her and her husband. Then again, she could have really loved him as well. Quite interesting
Harshhaze . I don’t think she minded sharing the power with her husband that much. As mentioned it was a 50/50 equal deal. She shared the power with her step-son/second husband in the same way I think. The further along in the tale however the more obvious it is who the real mastermind is.
Teach ended up swinging, Ching-Shih cashed out before the Opium Wars, and retired in comfort. Morgan was the only Western pirate who did anything comparable in terms of outcome.
Thats a great idea. I may try and do something based on "The Admiral" movie that came out a few years back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Admiral:_Roaring_Currents
Big ones are hard to move around, and topple easier. It's like Jenga, the higher you go the more unstable it is. If I'm wrong on this someone correct me.
The ones who made Pirates of the Carrabian Should start a new series called Pirates of China. With the story Fallowing Ching Shih, Rise of the Pirate Queen. :3
A note for accuracy of the Qing Dynasty map: (1) Taiwan was part of Qing China until 1895 when it was ceded to Japan. It should be colored in this video, as it was ruled by Qing during this time. (2) The northern Burma, northeastern British Raj border line was not accurate. The map shown in the video followed the MacMahorn Line drawn in 1914 unilaterially by Britain. It does not reflect the actual border at the time. Please use this link on Wikipedia for accurate map outlines. zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%9C%9D%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%92
鄭氏 Ching Shih was the master 师 man and she came from a drinking 酒 clan 民！ Shih had a heart of stone 石 shone like the great big sun 陽 above what drove her hard was hate and love. Given name: Stone Sun 石陽 War name: 鄭氏 Widow of Zheng Her very name meant vengeance! trust me men, she did a death dance.
everybody gangsta until the black flag unfurls
Hippity hoppity your ship is my property.
Rather, Ching Shih's pirates were gangsta until the Europeans arrive: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tiger%27s_Mouth
@@izumonookuni781 Same thing.
@@izumonookuni781
Tbf, the Portuguese were all gangsta until a half dead Napoleonic Army reached Portugal. João VI specifically was all magnificent until he heard the French were coming.
True, that shit weasel didn't even mobilize the Portuguese army or militia and instead ordered it to stand down while he fled. Despicable.
Holy schitt!
These guys sound more disciplined than half, if not most, of the standing(or floating?) navies of their time.
Probably more disciplined then most modern Chinese military units
@@arthas640 Or American police lol
Blackbeard thinking he is badass with his four ships and 300 pirates.
Ching Shih rolling up with almost 2000 ships and 80 000 pirates.
THEY had the damn British Navy to deal with, had this woman had to deal with the Royal Navy she would've been squashed like a bug, her opposition was very light therefore it's her organizational skills that should be considered so great, not so much her fleet which consisted mainly of small ships and actually nothing resembling something that could stand up to a Blue water navy from Europe, as proof, she steered clear of any Royal Navy squadrons and made absolutely sure not to step on their toes, she knew her limit
@@de4th1snt3nough yep
de4th1snt3nough exactly
seems the chinese have always been a factor of ten, or so, more numerus, yet they never conquered the world.
Let’s overcome numbers when we know the context.
Now THAT is something Netflix should green light.
_"That's got to be the best pirate i've ever seen"_
"So it would seem..."
Young Hellsta *PIRATES THEME*
She not only retired unpunished, but kept political power, along with a treasure big enough to stop worrying about life, *AND* she died at 69.
If that is not badass, i don't know what is.
69 isn't badass, that's a good ass.
HAA, GOTTEM!
lol nice
id be a traitor also if the deal made to me was that sweet😂
@Sjwaria Law well they're pirates so yeah...thats how they do things.
Sjwaria Law You either die as a pirate or live by sacrificing those around you. Pirates,gangs,cartels the rules all play the same
Don't know who did the artwork, but kudo's to them, it looks really dashing!
Art: Beverly Johnson
That woman is really a legend. Came from nothing, got herself rich and died peacefully.
she is talented, but mostly is just because she married a rich beta male , and and got him killed by a stepson/lover👍
@@user-xr4bo3ln6f This is exactly the type of comment I'd expect from someone who unironically says "beta male", and even "rich beta male" LMAO
@@user-xr4bo3ln6f The wasn't beta just stupid
@@user-xr4bo3ln6f this is the most incel comment I've ever read lmfao
@@goldy496 got laid enough times, getting dates is not an issue. On the hand, a 3 digit number in your account implies you're a troll account, who probably doesn't have much going in life))
Some of this artwork makes her look like Azula.
I got no problem with that honestly, seems perfectly fitting
Hot af
mmartinisgreat calm down son its just a drawing
That might be fiting she was rumored to be beautiful and dangerous, and clever!
Yo Antoine! I didn't expect to find you here.
When sexual violence is so taboo even pirates are against it.
Uhm.. the pirates were raping until a woman took control of them. Says more about pirate men than anything
they beheaded both the men and the woman if the encounter was consensual she didnt care about rape she wanted profitable sex slaves
Uhhhhhh.... composition fallacy there lol. Pirates all across the world (yes, very much including Asian ones) were more than happy to rape the women of towns/ports they raided.
@nimmivids soyboy? Anything else you want to say to let the world know you're just a stupid kid? Maybe show how little life experience you actually have by continuing to imply that the world is black&white?
Gtfoh child, go tell your parents they failed miserably.
@Dodadeus and Evan anderson both of you are acting like children
Three important parts of the story given short shrift here:
A) Many of Ching Shih's pirates were Koreans, rather than Chinese. When her original regulations were not widely obeyed, she purged much of her own ranks and recruited Koreans more willing to do as she said.
B) Ching Shih' pirates were among the most feared and ruthless martial artists and hand-to-hand fighters of the time. They incorporated a brutal regimen of hand-to-hand training into their discipline. fighting to the death among themselves in training if necessary. They were so feared in this respect that Western navies did not even bother to engage them in boarding actions, but instead stayed at a distance and relied on firepower . . . of which they had plenty.
C) Later in her career, she did face a widespread revolt in her own ranks, which was a big part of what brought her career to an end.
They did bring up the revolting pirate captains as a reason for her to seek peace with the government.
@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan Koxinga.
Source? Also hard to belive they got 70 000 Koreans running around in the South China Sea, thousands of kilometers away from Korea when there are plenty of Southern Chinese recruits, captured merchant ships and actual fleet crews of official Imperial navies of Europe and China to recruit.
It’s thought she also married her adopted son who may have been her former husbands lover.
Uhhhh source for the Koreans? It's kind of hard to believe the waters of Lingnan and Vietnam had plenty of them around.
I've seen her area of control as being "from Macau to Canton" a few times and it's always really funny to me because the cities are not actually that far apart
"Died at the age of 69"
She spent her whole life, turning men upside down.
lol 😂
@Cactus lol
_"She ended up marrying her step-son"_
*Hold-up!*
So the vids about step moms are true?!
He was adopted
*Alabama intensifies*
@@sonofjack6286 You think that matters? He still was his step-son XD
@@sonofjack6286 I found your comment quite... disturbing.
R rated Mulan then. Cant wait to see the film.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
ALOT of her life has been made more.... "family friendly" for this video lol.
Pissney teaches girls: "If you become a feminazi bitch brat, you will save China."
check out Mulan: Rise of a Warrior. it's literally R rated Mulan, Chinese production, and it's very good. should still be up free on YT.
@@nondescriptcat5620 That is an excellent movie. Needless to say it's better than Disney at portraying war.
The most sucessful pirate in the History, what a badass woman
Ching Shih's husband was also incredibly good at fighting and battle tactics. (pretty much anything to do with war)
while Ching Shih was very business savvy and incredibly good at social engineering.
Pretty damn good combination of brains and brawn.
Would make a good Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff
Indeed
maybe a game of thronesy feel would be better? Caribean is good too.
I think it could work as a limited series. TV shows are usually a better medium for long stories and to tell her story you would need more than 2 hours.
@@InvictaHistory I've noticed that you hilariously slur words in your videos, do you have intermittent strokes or something? 3:06, you try to say "marriage". You instead say "muhhhherrrge".
@@frenchguitarguy1091 It was a hilarious slur, lighten up.
Thank You for not "cleaning" the story of Ching Shih/Cheng I Sao. Much appreciated.
Her achivements here nothing short of amazing, but some like to downplay that she was a pirate.
Yeah, killed 10.000 in an assault IS pretty ecplicit
Well Invicta got one thing wrong. Ching Shih did not ban rape and sexual abuse during her pirate career, in fact She owned many brothels at the end of her career.
@@Eyesonscreenstudio well, at that time brothels wouldn't be considered in any way sexual abuse. I think he meant pirates NOT raping every woman in a town when they raided It, which at the time was PRETTY STRANGE.
I mean in Berlin there's a statue called "the unknown soviet soldier" but the locals prefer "the unknown soviet rapist" and i don't really need to explain nanking do I?
@Caffeinated Wizardok i get It, she "banned" raping but if you enlaces them first It was totally legal 😅 so the message IS we're horrificly amazing at avoiding legal repercusion
Dying peacefully as former pirate is probably her greatest achievement.
the hidden treasure of cheung po is still unfound ... rumor has it is somewhere along the coastal area of canton, good luck finding it!
My history buff friends practically wax poetry about Ching Shih; I actually wish Pirates of the Caribbean could have depicted her as a badass rival to Jack and Barbosa. I would've liked the series more!
Maybe one of her grandparents lived at the same time as Jack Sparrow. Besides, Elizabeth briefly became Pirate King
@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Yeah but you need to understand Chinese merchant boats and fisher boats also had cannons(for killing whales), and that was what made up her fleet. So 1700 captured Chinese civilian shipping would struggle against like 100 sixth rate ship of the line.
She sort of IS in Pirates of the Caribbean. The female Asian Pirate Lord holding one of the pieces of eight was essentially based on her.
Okay but I absolutely love the art of this video
It was done by Beverly Johnson who has done several of our "How They Did It" episodes
You've solidified yourself in my list of favorite history youtubers.
An amazing episode here, great history, great art, and a nice job telling the tale of Ching Shih. Well done you guys.
Yes!! Was waiting to hear this amazing story from your channel!
thats a pretty specific story to be expecting.
@@stuka80 hahaha lol I know. But I heard it a while ago and from a person who loves pirates this is the best story by far
She deserves a series.....would enjoy this waaaayyy more than the Crown
i'm dying at Pirate Queen Grandma sipping her tea on a pile of loot. absolute legend.
Ok, this is epic
I'd heard of this story in passing but never really dove in to the details. Definitely fascinating to research and I'm excited to share what I found.
@@InvictaHistory Have you ever read about Francisco de Almeida's "vengance" for his son's death? I found it very interesting aswell
@@InvictaHistory fingers crossed for another top notch podcast :D
Yeah, she was amazing
After that episode, the Qing government still didn’t upgrade their military
And they did regret that
Yeah, she probably saw the out come of the Opium war way before those in the government, and took the steps she needed to keep her comfy life. Probably thought to herself if she was in her 20s again she'd be doing something similar, or better. I honestly wonder what that woman could accomplish if you gave her the entire modern US Navy fleet. Fully stocked and ready to rock.
Humble Soldier that would be overkill to say the least.
Bro, as an aspiring writer, your channel as an absolute treasure trove of inspiration.
She deserves a movie
How is this not a tv series yet? Would be amazing.
Probably is in China but never translated
There are many legendary pirates, but only the most successful could retire with their ill gotten gains.
She's definitely an awesome woman! Sometimes back in those days, you had to kill or be killed. But the fact that she did so with honor makes her a hero; one of my heroes. People like Caesar and Alexander the Great killed many more people than her, but retain their glory, because it was a different time. Even though i don't like that she killed people, I understand why she did it, and respect her immensely. The only way for a woman to earn real respect from the men of that time was to beat them at their own game, and that was a game of strength and force. Thank you for covering her! The art renditions were wonderful, and i liked the way you told her story.
So why did she killed people according to you?
@@cv4809 The same reason any famous person did in the day: for booty, glory and power.
@@Alkis05 الأشخاص سوف تغتصب للعائله
12:23 It sounds like Philip of Spain, when he "asked" for the portuguese throne....... with the spanish fleet and army surrounding Lisbon....no pressure 😂
"You get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun..."
Really love the artwork, narration, and the overall content in your videos (this one included), Invicta.
What a disgustingly underrated video this is
The reason why I love her so much is that no matter who she faces in an open battle or in diplomacy, she always gives off f you vibe. This is evident in the fact that she defeated everyone from the ching dynasty from the literal empires and managed to get away scott free
This irate lady was certainly impressive to be sure. It's a shame she's not as well known as her male counter-parts. She deserves her own movie or at least a TV series. Nice job.
مسلسل الكبار فقط بسبب المشاهد المحترمة جدا جدا
@@aliyasser9723---Could you please translate this? I don't understand a thing your saying?
Only 76K views, this video and channel is too good to fall into obscurity.
Hope it catches up.
Ching shih is an amazing pirate legend
man your channel is gold!!! nice videos
If Mulan fails in the writing department, someone convince Hollywood to make a movie about her
Wow! She was tough. Thanks for sharing this.
Qin Liangyu, Shen Yunying, and Gao Guiying were three powerful female generals of the ming dynasty, the later two fighting against each other, the first for the ming, the later leading a rebellion against them. Maybe you should consider making a video on those figures?
Oh wow, had not heard of those figures. Thanks for pointing them out to me.
Wait, I swear I heard those names somewhere. Are they in Fate Grand Order?
@@primalforlorn most likely
video starts at 1:15
Ching Shih: the most badass pirate in history. Hands down!
Fascinating. Sounds like her life would make a great movie. Any movie producers out there willing to take this project on?
Ok, nice and all. But finish the part 3 of siege of Jerusalem!
"This treasure has belonged to me since ancient times" - Ching Shih
I can easily see a TV series about this woman's life.
I wonder if Ching ever considered assassinating her husband. With his death (as we saw) she would gain unparalleled power, a power she could in no way gain on her own. At least, not in the amount of time it took for both her and her husband. Then again, she could have really loved him as well. Quite interesting
Harshhaze . I don’t think she minded sharing the power with her husband that much. As mentioned it was a 50/50 equal deal. She shared the power with her step-son/second husband in the same way I think. The further along in the tale however the more obvious it is who the real mastermind is.
It’s quite possible she was responsible for his murder, it’s just not mentioned in the video.
@@dragonslayer2255 who do you think is the real mastermind?
Interesting !
Ching Shih was a beast, damn!
Thats truly an epic moment
Funny just had the event fire for me yesterday when playing Denmark in eu4
Love it, I also enjoyed Danielle Bolleli's History on Fire podcast episode about her.
Yeah too bad he went pay only, guess our Patreon wasn't enough.
"What say you, Captain Swann, King of the Brethren Court?" - Ching Shih
Probably
This is legendary!
Is it possible for Invicta to feature ancient naval fleets of Asia like the amazing work you did on the Republican fleet?
Really cool unknown bit of history. Thanks
definetly an interessting inspiration
a legendary pirate empress
You go girl!!
You go get some😂😂
I've heatrd of her before but thias was very informative. Enjoyed it immensely.
At one point do you stop being pirates and start being a kingdom? I think they reached it.
Damn this is some DND world building gold right here.
At 9:20, I as like: 'Wait why is my wallpaper showing, did my mouse reach the bottom right?'
(That picture is one of my wallpapers)
This will be epic!!
Still waiting for the Evolution of the Roman Legionaries part 2-10...
Invcta can you please make a video on magnus maximus or markus agrippa
this vid is actully underated and this is actully the real china that the amarican mainstream media actully dont show you
excelent video!!!! very good data!!!
Great video.
She woulda made Black Beard cry soon as he saw the Black Flags in the horizon!!
@Black Box Painting
Blackbeard's crew of 300-400 men and four ships
VS
Ching Shih's crew of 80,000 and 1800 ships
ya ok bud lol
Teach ended up swinging, Ching-Shih cashed out before the Opium Wars, and retired in comfort. Morgan was the only Western pirate who did anything comparable in terms of outcome.
Do something on korean navy admiral theres an awwsome history down there
Thats a great idea. I may try and do something based on "The Admiral" movie that came out a few years back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Admiral:_Roaring_Currents
@@InvictaHistory GREAT film... LOVE your channel BTW.
Theres already a series by Extra History, but I would like to see more from a different perspective.
Read The Imjin War by Samuel Hawley. Really good resource
@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Extra History did this as well.
What a legend
Ok this is epic
Is there a reason why the male pirates in artwork didnt have a queue? Or was it just a coincident?
Damn she's awesome for making such a sweet deal.
Wish i could've been there at the negotiation table...
So good
White Lotus rebellion you say?
I just wrote that
This should be made into a TV show... accurately..... but in outer Space!
Is there a reason to use ladders or light siege tower instead of the big ones ?
Big ones are hard to move around, and topple easier. It's like Jenga, the higher you go the more unstable it is.
If I'm wrong on this someone correct me.
The first map of China doesn't include Taiwan even though Taiwan was firmly under the rule of the Qing dynasty
Chinese women can be very tough. Nice video.
The ones who made Pirates of the Carrabian Should start a new series called Pirates of China. With the story Fallowing Ching Shih, Rise of the Pirate Queen. :3
Good stuff
This woman is so awesome!
A pirate who steals and murders people? In one situation killed 10.000 people? And you think she's awesome?
Nice!
She won the game of life not for just for her accomplishment more importantly she got away with it
A note for accuracy of the Qing Dynasty map: (1) Taiwan was part of Qing China until 1895 when it was ceded to Japan. It should be colored in this video, as it was ruled by Qing during this time. (2) The northern Burma, northeastern British Raj border line was not accurate. The map shown in the video followed the MacMahorn Line drawn in 1914 unilaterially by Britain. It does not reflect the actual border at the time. Please use this link on Wikipedia for accurate map outlines. zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%9C%9D%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%92
She might be the one mentioned on Rocks D Xebec's crew
I wanted Ching Shih to rap battle Yi Soon Shin in ERB. :(
鄭氏 Ching Shih was the master 师 man
and she came from a drinking 酒 clan 民！
Shih had a heart of stone 石
shone like the great big sun 陽 above
what drove her hard was hate and love.
Given name: Stone Sun 石陽
War name: 鄭氏 Widow of Zheng
Her very name meant vengeance!
trust me men, she did a death dance.
Basically the Yakuza on boats.
ok, this is epic
Ballin hard
She certainly had a talent
So who's gonna make the series?