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Shaobing Song

{{Short description|Poem purported to be written by Liu Bowen during the Ming dynasty}}

{{Chinese|t=燒餅歌|s=烧饼歌|j=siu1 beng2 go1|p=shao1 bing5 ge1|l=shaobing song}}

The Shaobing Song ({{zh|c=燒餅歌}}), also known as Pancake Poem{{cite book|title=Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NC_gDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204|date=28 April 2020|publisher=Brill Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-42757-0|pages=204–}} or Pancake Song,{{cite book|author=Long Buxiang|title=The Unique Psychic System: Volume 12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujfrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT41|date=20 December 2019|publisher=Funstory|isbn=978-1-64781-759-6|pages=41–}} is a poem purported to be written by Liu Bowen during the Ming dynasty. He supposedly presented the poem to the Hongwu Emperor.Windridge, Charles. [1999] (2003) Tong Sing The Chinese Book of Wisdom. Kyle Cathie Limited. {{ISBN|0-7607-4535-8}}. pg 124-125.

Prophecy

The poem is named after the Chinese pastry shaobing. It is written in cryptic form and is difficult to understand. Some believe that certain lines contain references to the future of China at the time including:

  • Jingnan campaign (1399-1402){{cite book|title=Proceedings of Professor Lo Hsiang-lin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZCwAAAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Wanyou Book Company|pages=166–}}
  • Tumu Crisis{{cite book|author=Xu Peiqi|title=General Knowledge Idiom Classroom: Religious Mythology Chapter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JyTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Zhonghua Book Company|isbn=978-962-8931-76-7|pages=219–}}
  • Rise of Zheng He
  • Political unrest of Wei Zhongxian (魏忠贤乱政)
  • Fall of the Ming dynasty and rise of the Qing dynasty
  • First Opium War
  • First Sino-Japanese War{{cite book|author=Pan Guangjian|title=History of First Sino-Japanese War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgSFAAAAIAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Practice Society}}
  • Founding of the Republic of China{{cite book|author=Bai Xue|title=Heaven Knows Earth Knows I Know|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BlxeAAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher =Chunfeng Literature & Art Publishing House|pages=181–}}

Evaluations

Some Chinese researchers claimed that Pancake Poem is quite spiritual and is representative of the Chinese prophecy culture.{{cite book|author=Li Youqian|title=Li Youqian essay collection (2) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4lyfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT115|date=29 September 2015|publisher=Shanghai Huawen Creative Writing Center|pages=115–|id=GGKEY:Q60CLWPD9ZP}}

However, most of the work's predictions of what would happen after 1911 are too vague and inaccurate. This led some experts to believe the work is a hoax of recent production, designed to reassure people that all would be well when there was much unrest as a consequence of the Japanese invasion and the rise of communism.

See also

{{Wikisource|zh:燒餅歌|Shaobing song}}

References

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Category:Prophecy