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| - Born in Jiangning (Present day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China), Qin won Jinshi in the Imperial examination of 1115. During the North Song Dynasty, Qin was an activist against the invasion of Jin Dynasty. He was captured along with Emperor Qinzong and Emperor Huizong in the Jingkang Incident. At this point of history, Qin's reputation was extremely good. Popular legend holds that a descendant of Qin's, deeply ashamed of his ancestor's treachery, distinguished himself in the Chinese army and died in battle.
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| - Born in Jiangning (Present day Nanjing, Jiangsu, China), Qin won Jinshi in the Imperial examination of 1115. During the North Song Dynasty, Qin was an activist against the invasion of Jin Dynasty. He was captured along with Emperor Qinzong and Emperor Huizong in the Jingkang Incident. At this point of history, Qin's reputation was extremely good. Some years later, he suddenly returned from captivity in the Jin empire to the capital of Emperor Gaozong. He claimed some sort of miraculous escape but quite some people expressed doubt regarding his story. However, he quickly won the emperor's favor and became the Prime Minister of the Southern Song empire in 1131. In the next year, he was removed from the position after impeachment. After some Song victories in 1137, the Jin empire was forced to reopen peace talks, and Qin gained power as a pacifist. With Qin's help, the emperor suppressed the war hawks and signed the Treaty of Shaoxing with the Jin empire. The emperor basically accepted the status of being a vassal of the Jin empire publicly. To open the peace talks, the national hero general Yue Fei, who was famous for his loyalty, was killed in prison. Thus, Qin became notorious as a traitor, and quite some people suspected that Qin was a traitor deliberately released by the Jin empire for ulterior motives. Popular legend holds that a descendant of Qin's, deeply ashamed of his ancestor's treachery, distinguished himself in the Chinese army and died in battle.
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