The ''Shaobing Song'' (), also known as ''Pancake Poem'' or ''Pancake Song'', is a poem purported to be written by Liu Bowen during the

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. He supposedly presented the poem to the

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.Windridge, Charles. 999(2003) Tong Sing The Chinese Book of Wisdom. Kyle Cathie Limited. . pg 124-125.

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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) * Tumu Crisis * Rise of

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* Political unrest of Wei Zhongxian (魏忠贤乱政) * Fall of the

and rise of the

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* First Opium War *

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* Founding of the Republic of China

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Some Chinese

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s claimed that ''Pancake Poem'' is quite spiritual and is representative of the Chinese

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. 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

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