Tungning

Kingdom of Tungning
東寧 (Dongning)
1661–1683
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Kingdom of Tungning on Taiwan
Capital		Anping Town (present-day Tainan, Taiwan)
Languages		Hokkien, Hakka, Formosan languages
Government		Monarchy
Prince of Yanping
•	1661–1662	Koxinga
•	1662	Zheng Xi (as Lord of Dongdu)
•	1662–1681	Zheng Jing
•	1681	Zheng Kezang (as Regent)
•	1681–1683	Zheng Keshuang
History
•	Established	14 June 1661
•	Surrender to the Qing	5 September 1683
Population
•	1664 est.	140,000
•	1683 est.	200,000
Currency		Copper coin and silver tael
Preceded by Succeeded by Dutch Formosa Taiwan under Qing rule

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The Kingdom of Tungning (Chinese: 東寧王國; pinyin: Dōngníng Wángguó) or Kingdom of Formosa was a government that ruled part of southwestern Taiwan between 1661 and 1683. It was founded by Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) as part of the loyalist movement to restore the Ming government in China after it was overthrown by the Manchu Qing dynasty. Koxinga hoped to recapture the Chinese mainland from the Manchus by using the island as a base of operations to settle and train his troops.

The Kingdom of Tungning is sometimes known as the Zheng dynasty (Chinese: 鄭氏王朝; pinyin: Zhèngshì Wángcháo), Zheng Family Kingdom (鄭氏王國; Zhèngshì Wángguó) or Kingdom of Yanping (延平王國; Yánpíng Wángguó). Taiwan was referred to by Koxinga as Tungtu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dōngdū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-to͘). In the West, it was known as the Kingdom of Taiwan, and the period of rule is sometimes referred to as the Koxinga dynasty.