# Hong Xiuquan
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hong xiuquan (1 January 1814 – 1 June 1864), born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Hakka Chinese revolutionary who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. He established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over varying portions of southern China, with himself as the "Heavenly King" and self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ.
== Early life and education ==
hong xiuquan (洪秀全), born "Hong Huoxiu", was the third and youngest son of a Hakka family.
North Korea's Messiah
Why is North Korea so weird? Is it Stalinism? Maoism? Japan-style emperor worship? Ancient Korean hermit kingdom energy? No, argues Jonathan Cheng, Beijing bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and author of The Korean Messiah: The Failed Dynasty That Shaped the Hermit Kingdom. You’ve all been s…
#343 - Taiping 20: The Guest & the Host
Li Xiucheng thinks the plan is pointless. He said so out loud, to his superiors… and lost. So of course, it’s him tasked with leading it out the gate. He is, after all, the Loyal King. And so 6,000 soldiers cross the river in the dark through the only path still open to them, every one of them cl…
#344 - Taiping 21: Borrowed Things
The stealth troops successfully sneak past the enemy lines in dead men's
coats. The false flags planted on the hillside fool the city guard. The front gate assault diverts, while the sappers around back bring the walls down. I love it when a plan comes together, every single piece locking in like p…
#345 - Taiping 22: Heaven Below
For a thousand years, Suzhou and Hangzhou stood as synonyms for the next best thing to Heaven itself. Well... that was before 1860. As of now, Hangzhou is a fire-gutted ruin, and Suzhou is next on the target list.
But the army that does the most damage… is not the invader. The Taiping arrive to fi…
History of the Taiping Rebellion
Journey into one of the bloodiest and most transformative conflicts of 19th-century China and discover the extraordinary history of the Taiping Rebellion.This episode explores the origins, rise, and devastating fall of the Taiping movement, led by Hong Xiuquan, a religious visionary who believed he…
#347 - Arrow War 1: The Servants' Entrance
A suspicious ship of dubious registry is boarded by Qing marines off Canton, 12 of her crew are taken captive for piracy, and the British allege their flag was hauled down in the process. That last part, at least, was almost certainly untrue... not that that stops it all from spinning entirely out …
The Taiping Rebellion: The Deadliest Civil War You've Never Heard Of | Chinese History | Extra Simple History
Over 20 million lives lost, yet often overshadowed—this saga covers the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's rise and fall (1850-1864). Led by Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be Jesus's brother, the rebellion pitted radical Christian revolutionaries against the Qing dynasty, culminating in the horrific siege of…
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - The Ultimate Exam Anxiety
The Taiping Rebellion was the deadliest civil war in human history, and it all started because one guy got extreme exam anxiety.
In this episode, we take the recording setup outside, and track the chaotic rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 19th century China. We cover:
The Ultim…
#349 - Taiping 24: The Bouncer
By the autumn of 1860, the Qing Dynasty had run out of armies to lose. What was left of its war was being run out of a mountain valley in southern Anhui by a half-blind scholar-official who was, at that very moment, politely refusing a direct order from his emperor.
Downriver, the Taiping had a pl…
#350 - Taiping 25: Rings Within Rings
In the summer of 1861, the strangest siege of the war took shape on the banks of the Yangtze. As Heaven itself sent forth cosmic signs – of victory or disaster, no one could be quite sure – an imperial army had a rebel city completely surrounded.Only for a different rebel army to surround that impe…
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