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Nanjing has been sacked a minimum of two times in its history, not just the 1937 Massacre

The Taiping Rebellion begins in 1853

Nanjing fell to the rebels

the brother of Christ, Hong Xiuquan ordered imperial examinations to be continued under the Heavenly Kingdom

Fu Shanxiang topped the exam and became Zhuangyuan, the only female to do so

in 1864, the Xiang Army, organized and commanded by Zeng Guofan attacked Nanjing

After 11 years of the Taiping's existence, it was erased off the map

Fu Shanxiang drank poison

the Third Battle of Nanjing in 1864 ended with a sacking of the historic city

Zeng Guofan himself estimated 300,000 dead

Zeng Guoquan, AKA Zeng the Iron Bucket, was criticized for doing nothing to stop the plunder

So when someone talks about the Nanjing Massacre, slap this info in their face

a famous folk story about the fall of the Ming Dynasty

Li Zicheng's peasant rebellion overran Beijing, the capital of the Ming dynasty

the Ming General Wu Sangui was commanding a garrison somewhere on the Great Wall

he was alarmed at the fall of Beijing, as his consort Chen Yuanyuan was in Beijing

the story goes that Wu Sangui accepted a bribe to let Qing forces enter, and rushed to beijing

thus he contributing to transition from Ming to Qing

the General Shi Yousan has a reputation for being a traitor, even earning the nicknames Daoge Jiangjun (defector general); and Shi Sanfan (Shi turn thrice)

he betrayed warlord Feng Yuxiang thrice (!!) and at least 5 others

snails have teeth

wow I had the attention span to read all of that

Snail? SNAOL 🐌!?

smth which is funny to me

the Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda once wrote a poem

one line goes - 愿我如星君如月，夜夜流光相皎洁。(yuan wo ru xing jun ru yue, ye ye liu guang xiang jiao jie)

the first part means "may i be like a star and you the moon" (please ignore the words after the comma

the very next line goes - 月暂晦，星常明。(yue zan hui, xing chang ming)

which can be translated "the moon may wane, the star is always bright"

during the 1937 Battle of Shanghai, the air advisor of the Nationalists was Claire Lee Chennault

he advised Chiang Kai-shek (whom i'll call Jiang Zhiqing now onwards) to attack Japanese ships stationed in the Huangpu River

one of these ships was the protected cruiser Izumo

airplanes attacked the Izumo many times but failed to hit even once!

a resident of the foreign concessions asked her husband for a safe place for their jewellery

he replied "aboard the Izumo!"

I moved to Oregon from Georgia and it hailed for about ten mins yesterday. Then, the sun came out.

Me too!!!!

this is rlly funny bc today is my bunny’s bday

Happy birthday to your bunny!! Mine's bday is December 27 🎉

Tacocat spelled backwards is tacocat.