Cheng I

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Zheng Yi (鄭一, pinyin: Zhèng Yī, Cantonese: Jihng Yāt; d. 1807, also romanised as Cheng I) was a pirate along the Chinese coast during the 19th century. Legend had it that he was a pederast. He captured Cheung Po Tsai at age 15 and made him his young lover. Cheung was later adopted by Zheng Yi.

Both his wife, Cheng I Sao, and adopted son, Cheung Po Tsai, are better known than him.