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Man has nothing with which to repay Heaven.
[[Madness Mantra|Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.]] }}
** It came to be called the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Seven Kill Stele]], and even after the Manchus put Zhang to death, everyone was so terrified of it, they refused to touch it, even to destroy it, until the 1970s. Of course, the accuracy of this legend can be doubted on the ground that it was treated like it was diseased well into
{{quote|Heaven gives everything to men; men give nothing back to heaven.
The gods are not without intelligence; examine yourselves and repent!}}
** What isn't folklore, however, are census figures (Chinese officials liked to get taxes, after all). The last known number for Sichuan (in 1578, more than 60 years before Zhang) gave a population of 3,102,073 — and in 1661 there were only 16,096 adult males registered, mostly in far corners. There weren't any epidemics known, except this insanity, and the chroniclers claimed population was about 3 3/4 millions before it started. This guy outdid even Pol Pot. The place was overrun by wild dogs and tigers, had such a fell reputation that it could be repopulated only by forcibly moving people there, and even that took about seventy years.
* "Kill them all, God will recognize his own" ("Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt emus." in the original
* While they don't want to wipe out humanity right away (well, hopefully at least most of them don't), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Euthanasia the Church of Euthanasia] is a religious organization founded in 1995 who believe the Earth will be much better off without humans living on it, and push for some way for mankind to dramatically reduce its own population. The only rule members have is "thou shalt not procreate" (as in, remain celibate), and they also encourage suicide, abortion, cannibalism, and sodomy. Oddly enough, the U.S. government does indeed recognize them as a non-profit and tax exempt organization.
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