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Originally Posted by Astromancer

Periods in Chinese history were China breaks into several large competing states. The Manchu invasion that ended the Ming dynasty was massively violent. It is assumed that 90% of all of China's literature and written knowledge was lost in a few weeks! It took the whole of the Middle Ages to come close to doing the same thing to Greek and Latin literature.

That sounds like a crazy piece of history. Where can I read more about it? A quick google isn't turning anything up. (about the literature destruction, no the Manchu conquest)