 He was the father of Koxinga, Prince of Yanping, the founder of the pro-Ming Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, and as such an ancestor of the House of Koxinga.After his defection, he was given noble titles by the Qing government, but was eventually executed because of his son's continued resistance against the Qing regime.Zheng was born in Fujian, the son of Zheng Shaozu (), a mid-level financial official for the Quanzhou government and Zheng Shaozu's wife Lady Huang ().