抗倭英雄戚继光

Qi Jiguang,a Hero Who Fought Against Japanese Pirates

戚继光(1528年11月12日-1588年1月5日),字元敬,号南塘,山东登州(今烟台蓬莱)人,是明代抗倭将领、军事家。在山东、浙江、福建沿海抗击来犯倭寇,历经10余年,大小80余战,最终扫平倭寇之患,被誉为抗倭英雄、民族英雄。戚继光从小受其父戚景通严格教育,戚景通一发现其缺点,便会严厉批评。嘉靖二十七年(1548年),兵部主事计士元推荐戚继光,说他:“留心韬略,奋迹武闱。管屯而俗弊悉除,奉职而操持不荀。”戚继光从浙江义乌募集矿工和农民,编练戚家军。

Qi Jiguang,Yuanjing in the courtesy name and Nantang in the style name, was a native of Dengzhou, Shandong (today's Penglai, Yantai).He was a general and militarist who fought againstthe Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty.He continued his fight against them in the coastal areas inShandong, Zhejiang and Fujian for over a decade in more than 80 battles of different scales beforefinally vanquishing them, acclaimed as the national hero against the Japanese pirates.