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A forged quote by anti-Qing Han nationalists posted on internet forums. This cannot be found in any Qing document by Qianlong.

— Qianlong Emperor Misattributed

"朕乃夷狄之君,非中國之人." (I am a barbarian monarch, not Chinese (Zhongguo zhi ren))

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