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3 unusual facts about Jingkang Incident


Jingkang Incident

Taizong’s armies invaded Song territory from the west and from the north.

In Bandit Kings of Ancient China, a video game by Koei, failure to win the game before 1127 will result in the Jurchen occupying the entire China on the game map in January 1127 as the game over.

Many foreign–sounding, non-traditional Chinese family names existing in China today can date back to this incident, as the Han Chinese were forced to adapt a Jin last name.


Irgen Gioro

According to a famous tale, the ancestors of Irgen Gioros were the Emperor Huizong, Qinzong and other royal family members of Song Dynasty who was captured by the Jurchens in the Jingkang Incident of the Jin–Song wars.

Wanyan Xiyin

Wushi was fascinated by Chinese classics, and collected a large library when Jurchens seized and looted the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Pianjing (now Kaifeng), in the Jin–Song wars.


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