Professional Documents. The second assassination attempt had failed; Gao Jianli was executed shortly after. Sinologist Derk Bodde wrote: "There is good reason for believing that the sentence describing this unusual pregnancy is an interpolation added to the Shih-chi by an unknown person in order to slander the First Emperor and indicate his political as well as natal illegitimacy". China's Intellectuals: Advise and Dissent. Emperor Wuzong of Tang —
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