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]
- ^ a b c 四十二梅居士, 鄭昭傳
- ^ Việt Nam sử lược, vol. 2, chap. 6
- ^ 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"
- ^ Bertil Lintner. Blood Brothers: The Criminal Underworld of Asia. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 1-4039-6154-9.
- ^ Woodside 1971, p. 8.
- ^ Are we them? The Chinese in 20th-century Thai literature and history, pp. 189
- ^ "Teochew-Mandarin online dictionary".
痞囝 (pai2 gian2): 痞子
- ^ 曼谷皇宫往事钩沉
- ^ Draft History of Qing, vol.528: "昭中國廣東人也父賈于暹羅生昭"
- ^ Carl Parkes. Moon Handbooks: Southeast Asia 4 Ed. Avalon Travel Publishing. ISBN 1-56691-337-3.
- ^ Xu, Yunqiao (1955). Xianluo wang Zheng Zhao zhuan (in Chinese). Zhonghua shu ju. OCLC 33806498.