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Capture of Wen Tianxiang

Type Event Region Asia Time 1278

Wen Tianxiang, a leading Southern Song general and statesman resisting the Yuan, was captured at Wupoling in Chaoyang, Guangdong in 1278 and executed…

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  1. 1277–1278Fujian, Guangdong · ChinaWen Tianxiang raised troops in Jiangxi to defend the throne, moving through Fujian and Guangdong in an attempt to join Zhang Shijie and other anti-Yuan forces; repeatedly defeated yet fighting on, his forces grew ever thinner.
  2. 1278Wupoling · GuangdongTroops under a general of the Yuan commander Zhang Hongfan captured Wen Tianxiang while he was campaigning in Chaoyang, dissolving the Southern Song's last influential land-based anti-Yuan force.
  3. 1278Dadu · ChinaWen Tianxiang was taken to Dadu, where Yuan emperor Kublai Khan personally urged him to surrender; Wen Tianxiang firmly refused and was imprisoned, becoming a symbol of Southern Song spiritual resistance.

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