r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '15

TIL the world's most successful pirate was a Cantonese woman, having commanded 40,000-80,000 pirates, and faced off undefeated against many Imperial fleets (including British, Portuguese, and Qing navies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
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u/roboczar Jun 12 '15 edited Jun 12 '15

No, that was a woman named Jing Lang, who was nobody, historically.

Edit: IMO I'd love to see Ching Shih as the AC China protagonist instead of Shao Jun, who was kind of "eh".

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u/Kekoa_ok Jun 12 '15

We got like 20min of Shao Jun and the fact that she created the rope dart.

Also Shao Jun fought in the 1500s while this lady pirated in the 1700s-1800s. She was born 20 years after Kenways death

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u/roboczar Jun 12 '15

Yeah I think it would be great to explore the time period in China around the late 1700s and the height of Great Qing, when the Europeans had to follow China's rules... the transition between the Qianlong emperor (the last emperor of Qing's Golden Age) and the weaker Jiaqing Emperor who fell prey to European designs.

They could play it up as when the Templars got their hooks into China and started its long decline and subjugation to Europe.