Jonathan Manthorpe (2008), Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan, (illustrated ed.) page: 71, publisher: Macmillan, ISBN: 0230614248, retrieved: Dec. 20 2011
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Are these not sufficient proofs of your incompetency and inability to resist my forces? I will give you more and stronger ones. But if you still persist in refusing to liften to reason and decline to do my bidding, and if you wish delibrately to rush to your ruin, then I will shortly, in your presence, order your castle [Fort Provintia] to be stormed. If I wish to set my force to work, then I am able to move heaven and Earth. Wherever I go I am destined to win. Therefore take warning, and think the matter over.

— Koxinga

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Are these not sufficient proofs of your incompetency and inability to resist my forces? I will give you more and stronger ones. But if you still persist in refusing to liften to reason and decline to do my bidding, and if you wish delibrately to rush to your ruin, then I will shortly, in your presence, order your castle [Fort Provintia] to be stormed. If I wish to set my force to work, then I am able to move heaven and Earth. Wherever I go I am destined to win. Therefore take warning, and think the matter over." in the context of "Jonathan Manthorpe (2008), Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan, (illustrated ed.) page: 71, publisher: Macmillan, ISBN: 0230614248, retrieved: Dec. 20 2011" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Koxinga

About Koxinga

Koxinga (國姓爺) (August 1624 – June 23, 1662), a Chinese Ming dynasty loyalist, was born in Hirado, Japan. He led the Ming Chinese loyalist resistance against the Manchu Qing invaders, and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan.