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On March 19, 1279, Chinese general Zhang Hongfan of the Yuan Dynasty anniliated the last
fleet of the Southern Song Dynasty at Yamen,
(today Xinhui County, Guangdong
Province).
As a consequence, a high official Lu
Xiufu is said to have taken the boy emperor Emperor Bing of Song China (Song Di Bing) in his arms and jumped from a clifftop into
the sea, drowning both of them. Zhang
Shijie, commander of the Song fleet, escaped from the scene but was later drowned when his ship was brought down in a
storm.
This ended the Song Dynasty.
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