鄭成功收復臺灣
Koxinga Retakes Taiwan
Level 4 · Historical Anecdotes · 历史轶事 · 39 vocabulary words
Source: 《延平王户官杨英从征实录》 · Yang Ying's campaign records of the Prince of Yanping
明朝末年,荷兰人占领了台湾。
At the end of the Ming dynasty, the Dutch occupied Taiwan.
郑成功率领两万五千士兵,坐船渡过台湾海峡。
Zheng Chenggong led twenty-five thousand soldiers across the Taiwan Strait by ship.
他打败了荷兰军队,收复了台湾。
He defeated the Dutch forces and recovered Taiwan.
台湾人民非常高兴,把他当作英雄。郑成功开发台湾,被尊为国姓爷。
The people of Taiwan rejoiced and took him as a hero. He developed the island and was honoured as 'Koxinga' — Lord of the Imperial Surname.