National Taiwan University
According to European and Chinese traders, Chenggong had 300,000 guys and 3,000 junks. In 1655, the governor of Taiwan received a letter from Chenggong insulting the Dutch, calling them “additional like animals than Christians,” and referring to the Chinese in Taiwan as his subjects. Chenggong sent a letter straight to the Chinese leaders in Taiwan, rather than Dutch authorities, stating that he would withhold his junks from trading in Taiwan if the Dutch would not guarantee his junks safety from…