The Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao | The China History Podcast | Ep. 174

[@JohnIniguez-xt2pv]

Attitude of gratitude for the outstanding work and and the willingness to share it.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Thanks John. Hope you like all the other stuff on this channel.

[@KingHayabusa384]

Very interesting podcast. Wish I had discovered this gem earlier.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Better late than never. I hope you check out some of the other stuff on the channel. Thanks for stopping by.

[@KingHayabusa384]

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast I will. I already watched your video about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

[@Renwoxing13]

Damn WTF is with the low sub count?¿? I hope your channel.blows up man, you deserve it! Wansui, wansui, wan wan sui!

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Help me man! I'm a world class bad self-promoter!

[@johnyricco1220]

Recommend you tag this Cheng I Sao, as there is a popular video on this topic right now on Extra Credits

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Done! Thanks Johny. I didn't even know you could add tags to episodes....Thanks for helping out this technical idiot.

[@silverseto1158]

I liked that you kept the title as the pinyin though, I've always been bothered by the older transliteration systems that turned everything into a "ch"

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Pinyin always worked for me. Learners of Chinese tend to be quite loyal to their Romanization system.

[@resurrectedstarships]

Is this an actaul picture of her? Interesting that she is using a western sword and not a chinese one. I am dieing to know what kinds of weapons they used and what their combat methods were, and how it compared to western pirates in the Carribean - ofc this is much later than Carribean golden age of piracy.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

I'd be very surprised if that's a real picture of her. When you look in books and all over the web, there are one or two images of her. This was the 1800's. I wouldn't bet my life on that being the actual picture.

[@leilehuayuen3794]

The image is fan art of Crystal Yu playing Zeng Yi Sao in the Dr. Who franchise.

[@torolavmelhus1092]

Hehehe thanks for making a Good piece here, i just want to ask, where's ur sources? mmm and i really like hearing you say their whole name many times, makes it easier to "learn" Chinese ^^

[@katrinkjellgren9433]

Source?

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

Hi Rösternas, This was from too long ago and I usually don't save my notes and outlines. Sorry about that.

[@Renwoxing13]

Is the I SAO sister in law?

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

I Sao can be translated as #1 Sister-in-law. 一 (Yī) of course is One and 嫂 (Sǎo) means elder brother's wife or sister-in-law. Èr Sǎo (二嫂) would mean second brother's wife.

[@Renwoxing13]

@@ChinaHistoryPodcast I was slightly confused because I am used to hearing Da Sao, not Yi sao. Thanks for the heads up man! I only watched 2 videos, but I love your channel, and its content. Please keep the goodness coming, I subscribed, and clicked the bell icon so I get all notifications from your AMAZING channel!

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

@@Renwoxing13 Thanks Woxing, over 200 episodes to pock through. I divided a lot of material up into playlists. New episode on the Warlords coming this weekend.