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[Borjigin Ayurbarwada]

"No one is apelike. "

I say everyone is ape like, after all humans are part of the ape family, o matter what they want to think, humans are animals, and there is nothing unique about them.

Btw, Vietnam also has the legend that the Trung sisters were drowned. Yet this has no basis, other than words passed down. The Han Shu on the other hand clearly mention that they were executed by Ma Yuan. And whats bothersome is that the myth of their drowning even enters official Encyclopedia and textbooks worldwide and ignoring the executions.

[lobster]

Perhaps drowning was the method of execution?

[Zuo Zongtang]

Note the penetrating power of the arrow.
Through 1 man and 1 tree...with a good distance through both.

He probably fell down and the arrow penitrated the branch. The postition he is lying in suggests that he couldn't have been fighting.

[Sephodwyrm]

Or the arrow knocked him against the tree and the remaining force penetrated the tree as well...

Probably shot from a very close range.

[Borjigin Ayurbarwada]

No, the Vietnamese legend says that they commited suicide by drowning rather than fall into the hands of the Han army. Han Shu clearly mention they were captured and executed, and the military execution of the Han is by the sword.

[lobster]

Maybe they were beheaded then their heads and bodies were thrown into the river?

[warlordgeneral]

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Edited by warlordgeneral, 31 March 2013 - 06:48 AM.

[Nero's Neptune]

and yelling and screaming about how much the Chinese suck and the Vietnamese rock..

Interesting, it's obvious this picture aims to glorify the Trung sisters and demonize the Chinese. It can't be coincidental Trung sisters were painted as wearing Han clothing and the Chinese wearing Manchu clothing/hairstyle.

[Borjigin Ayurbarwada]

Manchus rule

[Hoa Phau]

are these vietnamese troops armored?

[Non-Han Nan Ban]

That picture is absolutely incredible.

[caocao74]

I've just realized that the samurai in the foreground with the tall kabuto is supposed to be Kato Kiyomasa. He wasn't killed in Korea, so he must have had some strength to force away those two charging steeds

[hanzi]

That picture is absolutely incredible.

Excellent picture! Where did you got it from ^^ and what battle is it depicting, i want to put it into wikipeida!! ROFL

[hanzi]

nevermind my last post, didn't know the topic is revolves around the topic, but anyone know which battle is the picture based on? and who si the artist?

[caocao74]

and who si the artist?

If memory serves me righlty (which it often doesn't ) I think the artist was Angus McBride, a regular in the Osprey books.