Shi Jinqing (;

Xiao'erjing Xiao'erjing or Xiao'erjin or Xiaor jin or in its shortened form, Xiaojing, literally meaning "children's script" or "minor script" (cf. "original script" referring to the original Perso-Arabic script; zh, s=本经, t=本經, p=Běnjīng, Xiao ...

: , died 1421) was a late 14th century chieftain in

Palembang Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palembang ...

. He was a Muslim whose ancestors were

Hui people The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the ...

from

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

. The

Ming The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

imperial administration appointed him as chieftain ''xuanweishi'' () of the Palembang district for his contribution in helping Ming admiral

Zheng He Zheng He (; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family and later adopted the surname Zheng conferred ...

defeat the pirate leader

Chen Zuyi Chen Zuyi (; died 1407) was a 15th-century Chinese pirate from Guangdong, and was one of the most feared pirates to infest the seas of Southeast Asia. He ruled the city of Palembang, and raided the Strait of Malacca to plunder shipping and prey o ...

. Shi Jinqing had already been appointed an official civil servant of the

Majapahit Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese people, Javanese Hinduism, Hindu-Buddhism, Buddhist thalassocracy, thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was ba ...

kingdom of

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

, sent to Palembang to serve as a minister after the Majapahit defeated

Srivijaya Srivijaya ( id, Sriwijaya) was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia), which influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th t ...

in the year 1377.

Children

Shi Jinqing had a son Shi Jisun () and a daughter Shi Daniang. The daughter was also known as Nyai Gede Pinatih or the

Great Lady of Gresik Shi Daniang (), known as the Great Lady of Gresik or Nyai Gede Pinatih (), was a Chinese-Muslim noblewoman from Palembang during the Majapahit era. She was the daughter of chieftain ''xuanweishi'' Shi Jinqing of Palembang. After her father died, ad ...

. Both competed for power after their father died in 1421. Zheng He made Shi Jisun the new chieftain or xuanweishi, and the daughter went to

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to preach Islam.

Web references

The 6th overseas Chinese state Nanyang Huaren

* ttp://www.petra.ac.id/eastjava/walisongo/giri.htm Wali Songo pilgrimage
Sejarah Keturunan Tionghoa di Asia Tenggara yang Tak Dikenal Khalayak Ramai
(Malay)

Books

Admiral Zheng He & Southeast Asia by Suryadinata Leo
14th-century births 1421 deaths Chinese Muslims Indonesian monarchs Hui people People from Palembang Indonesian people of Chinese descent {{China-bio-stub

Children

See also

Web references

Books