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| | CONK! Encyclopedia: Song_Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | In 1276 the Southern Song court fled to Guangdong by boat, fleeing Mongol invaders, leaving Emperor Gong of Song China behind. |
 | | The older brother became ill and died, and was succeeded by the younger, Zhao Bing, aged seven. |
 | | On March 19, 1279 the Song army was defeated in its last battle, the Battle of Yamen, fought against the Mongols in the Pearl River Delta; subsequently a high official is said to have taken the boy emperor in his arms and jumped from a clifftop into the sea, drowning both of them. |
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