page_title: Shi Lang
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Shi Lang / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph in From Afong, Photographer. Albumen photograph of an Arch Gate in Quanzhou (formerly Chin-Chew), erected by a Chinese Emperor to honour Chinese Admiral Shi Lang. The Arch is above a commercial street, with a nearby shop sign reading "Jie-Sheng's bowyer and fletcher shop". The gate was later destroyed in the early 1920s by Han Chinese nationalists&#91;1&#93;&#91;2&#93;.
context_page_description: Shi Lang, Marquis Jinghai, also known as Secoe or Sego, was a Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties in the 17th century. He was the commander-in-chief of the Qing fleets which destroyed the power of Zheng Chenggong's descendants in the 1660s, and led the conquest of the Zheng family's Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan in 1683. Shi later governed part of Taiwan as a marquis.
context_section_description: Shi Lang was given the posthumous name "Xiangzhuang" (襄壮), and the title of Junior Tutor to the Heir Apparent. In 1732, his name was entered for worship in the Temple of Eminent Statesmen. One of his sons achieved distinction as an admiral, whilst another was a state official. The Shi family was granted the special privilege of burial in their ancestral cemetery in Jinjiang, instead of in Banner lands as was the case with other Bannermen.
  Though famous for his military achievements, Shi Lang remains a controversial figure in contemporary China. He is generally denounced as a traitorous figure who abandoned the Ming loyalist cause for the Qing. As a defector, his exploits have generally been downplayed by the governments of both Taiwan and China, and he is remembered in Taiwan as a conqueror and cruel governor.
caption: Paifang in Quanzhou in memory of Shi Lang. (taken between 1860 and 1880)
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