Not necessarily the way they happened (Cover)
Nicknames and titles In course of his career, Zhang gained a great number of nicknames, most of them derogatory:[30] "Dogmeat General" (狗肉將軍; Gǒuròu Jiāngjūn):[30][31] The name was based on his preference for a Chinese brand of tonic known as "dogmeat",[32] or from his addiction to the high stakes gambling game pai gow, popularly known as "eating dog meat."[14][11][33] "Monster"[30] "Lanky General"[31] "Old Eighty-Six": The origin of this nickname is unclear. According to rumour it either referred to his height or to the length of his penis,[34] which was said to measure up to a pile of 86 Mexican silver dollars when erect.[35][36][a] Mexican silver dollars were a common currency in China at the time.[38] "Three Don't Knows" (三不知; Sānbùzhī): Based on Zhang's alleged lack of knowledge about how much money he had, how many soldiers he had, and how many women were in his harem.[35][14] "72-Cannon Chang":[39] This nickname might also have been connected to the alleged length of his penis.
Not necessarily the way they happened (Cover)
Nicknames and titles In course of his career, Zhang gained a great number of nicknames, most of them derogatory:[30] "Dogmeat General" (狗肉將軍; Gǒuròu Jiāngjūn):[30][31] The name was based on his preference for a Chinese brand of tonic known as "dogmeat",[32] or from his addiction to the high stakes gambling game pai gow, popularly known as "eating dog meat."[14][11][33] "Monster"[30] "Lanky General"[31] "Old Eighty-Six": The origin of this nickname is unclear. According to rumour it either referred to his height or to the length of his penis,[34] which was said to measure up to a pile of 86 Mexican silver dollars when erect.[35][36][a] Mexican silver dollars were a common currency in China at the time.[38] "Three Don't Knows" (三不知; Sānbùzhī): Based on Zhang's alleged lack of knowledge about how much money he had, how many soldiers he had, and how many women were in his harem.[35][14] "72-Cannon Chang":[39] This nickname might also have been connected to the alleged length of his penis.
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Nicknames and titles
In course of his career, Zhang gained a great number of nicknames, most of them derogatory:[30]
"Dogmeat General" (狗肉將軍; Gǒuròu Jiāngjūn):[30][31] The name was based on his preference for a Chinese brand of tonic known as "dogmeat",[32] or from his addiction to the high stakes gambling game pai gow, popularly known as "eating dog meat."[14][11][33]
"Monster"[30]
"Lanky General"[31]
"Old Eighty-Six": The origin of this nickname is unclear. According to rumour it either referred to his height or to the length of his penis,[34] which was said to measure up to a pile of 86 Mexican silver dollars when erect.[35][36][a] Mexican silver dollars were a common currency in China at the time.[38]
"Three Don't Knows" (三不知; Sānbùzhī): Based on Zhang's alleged lack of knowledge about how much money he had, how many soldiers he had, and how many women were in his harem.[35][14]
"72-Cannon Chang":[39] This nickname might also have been connected to the alleged length of his penis.[40]
"Chang of Shantung" by the foreign press[1]
"Great General of Justice and Might": a title he awarded to himself.[41]
"The General with three long legs" by Shanghai's prostitutes in reference to his penis' length.[40]
.... Though not very pious, Zhang was strongly influenced by a Daoist diviner,[53] Tong Huagu,[7] who had allegedly convinced the warlord of his powers by successfully prophesying that a train would derail. It was rumoured that the diviner had ensured this outcome by bribing some peasants to sabotage the tracks.[53] In summer 1927, a famine struck Shandong particularly hard, and Zhang Zongchang was reported to have gone into a temple of the Dragon King to pray for rain. When this failed to improve the situation, Zhang returned to the temple. In his fury, he slapped the Dragon King's statue several times, and ordered his artillery to shoot into the sky for several hours.[48] He also intended to build a shrine devoted to himself, including a large bronze statue, at Daming Lake. The project was not finished before Zhang's flight from Shandong.[54]