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Yong SaetaeYong Saetae (Thai: หยง แซ่แต้; Chinese: 鄭鏞,[1] Teochew: Dên Iong; ?–?) was a Chinese merchant and the father of King Taksin the Great. The Vietnamese called him Trịnh Yển (鄭偃).[2][3] His birth name was Dên Dag (Chinese: 鄭達; pinyin: Zhèng Dá). Born in Chenghai County, Chaoshan, China.[4]: 112 [5][6] It was said that he was a broad-minded and unconventional man. His fellow countrymen did not like him, and called him Pai Gian Dag (痞囝達 or 歹子達, lit. "Dag, the ruffian"[7] in Teochew).[1] he came to Siam to do business,[8][9] and became rich, and changed his name to Yong Saetae. Later, he became a tax-collector,[10]: 770 and married a wealthy royal woman Nok-lang (later Princess Phithak Thephamat), who later gave birth to Taksin.[1][11] References
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