The Taiping Rebellion, from the perception of its leader, could erroneously be regarded as a cult movement. In the events that followed, it became more a mass movement of the Chinese people akin to a ...

The Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) was one of the bloodiest conflicts in world history. At least 20 million people perished in this 14-year civil war between a peasant army led by a pseudo-religious ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hong Xiuquan believed he was the younger brother of Christ and by 1850 had 20,000 Chinese followers ...