James Wheeler Davidson (1903), The island of Formosa, past and present: History, people, resources, and commercial prospects. Tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions, page: 37, place: LONDON AND NEW YORK, publisher: Macmillan & co., retrieved: Dec. 20 2011 (STANFORD LIBRARIES KELLY & WALSH, LD. YOKOHAMA, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, AND SINGAPORE "JAPAN GAZETTE" PRESS, Yokohama)
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This island was the dominion of my fatherand should descend to none other than myself. Foreigners must go.
— Koxinga
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "This island was the dominion of my fatherand should descend to none other than myself. Foreigners must go." in the context of "James Wheeler Davidson (1903), The island of Formosa, past and present: History, people, resources, and commercial prospects. Tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions, page: 37, place: LONDON AND NEW YORK, publisher: Macmillan & co., retrieved: Dec. 20 2011 (STANFORD LIBRARIES KELLY & WALSH, LD. YOKOHAMA, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, AND SINGAPORE "JAPAN GAZETTE" PRESS, Yokohama)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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.
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.
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