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30, 33, 46, 59-60 Confucian tablets, destruction of, 68-69 consorts kept by, 150-51, 250-51,
353n31, 362nl6 corpse, Qing defilement of, 371«23 death of, 325
demons, views on, 115-16 divinity, reaffirmation of, 290 dragon symbolism, 221 dream of 1837, 46-50, 64-65, 97-99, 220-22 dreams of 1860, 284 Earthly Paradise, 137, 138, 293 eastern campaign (1860s), 280, 283 Edkins and, 288-89 eyesight problems, 288 family's joining God-worshiping Society, 122-23, 124-25 father's death, 109
Feng Yunshan's imprisonment, 106-7 final days, 322, 324-25 five simple orders, 132-33 "foreign general," search for, 263-64, 265-67
founding of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 133-34 God, description of, 221-22 "God's Chinese son" identity, realization of, 51, 55-65
God's criticism of, 219—20 God's silence, 314-15, 370n80 God-worshiping Society, formation of, 80
grain stockpiling plan, 317
hat of, 186
Hong Rengan, reunion with, 268 Hong Rengan's suggestions for Taiping
Heavenly Kingdom, 274-75 honorary titles for Taiping leaders,
142-44, 222-23, 236, 247, 268, 278 Huazhou campaign, 129-30 idolatry, attacks on, 68-69, 96-97, 99- 101
Imperial Clan, 246-47, 249-51, 268 imperial personal pronoun, adoption of, 95
initiation of new God-worshipers, 119
Jintian campaign, 130
as leader of peoples to Heavenly abode,
282-83 leg injury, 117
looting, prohibition of, 140-41 Melchizedek, identification with, 293-
95, 296-97 messages from God and Jesus through human mouthpieces, 107-8, 111, 113, 118, 123-24, 126, 219-20, 263-64, 285 military responsibilities, 218 music, enjoyment of, 251 name change, 49 Nanjing, entry into, 171 palace universe, 188, 250-54, 290-91 physical appearance, 193, 287 Pilgrim's Progress and, 280, 282 power struggles, 147, 219-27, 233, 235- 36, 237
preaching activities, 66-72, 76-78
map of first journey, 70 Qin Rigang's murder, 244 religious service performed by, 76-77 robbery incident, 94 Roberts' visit to Taiping Heavenly
Kingdom, 285-88 Roberts' work with, 93 sexual separation policy, 150-51 six commandments, 73-75, 78, 87 swords for, 48, 67
Taiping Rebellion, beginning of, 126— 27
teaching work, 24, 79
Hong Xiuquan (continued) temper of, 254
Ten Commandments, views on, 128— 29, 150
Thistle Mountain, journey to, 93-95 Thistle Mountain breakout, 137-39 titles of, 49, 50, 143 traitors, search for, 137 Wei Changhui's murder, 244 Yang Xiuqing's murder and aftermath, 242, 243
Yang Xiuqing's posthumous status, 246 Hong Xiuquan, writings of:
Biblical commentaries, 291-97, 367«28 Biblical revisions, 254-61, 294 "Book of Heavenly Decrees and Proclamations, The," 147 chants, 115 chronology of, 342«21 on dream of 1837, 97-99 edicts, 282-83 educational primer, 148-50 Elgin, message to, 265-67 "Exhortations to Worship the One
True God," 72 final book, 315
"Imperially Written Tale of a Thousand Words," 190-91 "Ode on the Origin of the Way and Our Salvation," 72-76, 343w21 "Ode to Youth," 151, 353n30 poetry, 50, 66, 67, 69, 76, 95, 116, 128- 29, 152-53, 234-35, 253,284, 289 Roberts, letters to, 288 tracts, 90-92, 96 Hope, Adm, 303 Hou Changbo, 349^35 household registration document, 175 Howqua, 8
Hua county, 24-25, 26
map of, 28 Huang family, 71,72,95, 101 Huang Hanjing, 120-21 Huang Shengjue, 349n35 Huang Sengjun, 78 Huazhou, 110
Taiping campaign against, 129-30
Hu family, 114 Hu Jiumei, 120 Hu Yihuang, 236, 240, 242 Huzhou siege, 323, 328, 329-30
idolatry, Hong Xiuquan's attacks on, 68-
69, 96-97, 99-101 Ikedanbu, Col, 132 Irishman, 237, 238-42, 243-44, 245 Isaac, 256, 257 Isaiah, 55, 56, 271 Islam, 176
Jacob, 178, 256-57
Jade Emperor the Highest God, 42-43 Jade Record, 38-39, 40-41, 42-46, 92 Japanese, the, 277, 309 Jen Yu-wen, xxiv Jesus Christ, xxii, 92
children of, 108, communication
through human mouthpiece, 107— 8, 111, 113, 118, 119-20, 123-25, 126, 134-36, 226, 263-64, 285 on Confucian texts, 226 on dragons, 221 on Holy Ghost, 222, 223 Hong Xiuquan's Biblical commentaries
and,291-97 Hong Xiuquan's Biblical revisions and, 255
Hong Xiuquan's dream of 1837, 48, 49, 64
initiation of new God-worshipers and, 119-20
in Liang Afa's tracts, 57-59, 61, 62-63 on Roberts, 285 Sermon on the Mount, 58-59 silence of, 146-47, 331-32 on Taiping Heavenly Army, 134-36, 263-64
on Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 134
on Taiping Rebellion, 126
Tiangui Fu named adopted son of, 246
wife of, 108 Xiao Chaogui's wounding, 145-46 Yang Xiuqing's questions about, 230— 32
Ji, Sgt, 174
Jiangkou campaign, 133 Jiang Longchang, 349^35 Jiangxi province, 216-17 Jiang Zhongyuan, 158-60, 216 Jintian, 110, 125
Taiping campaign against, 130-33 map of, 131 Judah,257-60 Ju family, 177
Keats, John, xxvii killing, prohibition of, 74
Lai (Hong Xiuquan's brother-in-law), 195, 197
Lai (Hong Xiuquan's wife), 23, 46, 50, 69,
122, 124, 125, 150 Lai (store owner), 85 Lai family, 124 Lambert, Joseph, 299-300 Lao Tzu, xxiii Lao Zi, 42
Last Judgment, 64, 123 Legge, James, 269, 270-72, 273 Liang Afa, 21, 31 baptism of, 63 missionary work, 16—18 see also "Good Words for Exhorting the Age" Liang family, 174 Li Desheng, 117 Li family, 141 Life-is-short, 41, 45 Li Hongzhang, 317, 328 Li Jingfang, 51, 66-67 Lin, the, 73 Lin Fengxiang, 117 Ling Shiba, 136, 137, 351«31 Liu Bang, 116
Li Xiucheng (Loyal King), 247, 248, 288 capture and execution, 326-28 defeat of Taiping forces, 312, 314, 317,
322, 323, 324, 325 eastern campaign (1860s), 278-80, 298, 302-3
grain stockpiling plan, 317 honorary title, 278
Tiangui Fu's leadership ol Taiping
Heavenly Kingdom, 326 western campaign (1863), 312 London Missionary Society, 17 Lot, 33, 178-79 Lu Liu, 99, 100, 101, 106 Luo Bingzhang, 164, 216, 316 Luo Dagang, 133, 135, 138, 155 Luo family, 141 Luo Nengan, 117-18 lust, prohibition of, 73-74 Luzhou campaign, 216
McLane, Robert, 205, 206, 207, 208-9 Manchu government, 24, 25, 54, 55, 62 "demon" charge against, 115 rituals dictated by, 28, 29, 109 Taiping criticisms of, 160-63, 181-82 Marshall, Humphrey, 204, 205 Meadows, Thomas Taylor, 194, 195, 196, 197,311
Medhurst, Walter H„ 198, 271 medical services, 9, 12
in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 186, 188
Melchizedek, 271, 293-95, 296-97
Mellersh, Capt., 229, 230, 231
Meng, goddess, 44-45
Miao tribe, 25, 71-72
militias, 87, 158-59
millenarian beliefs, xxii-xxiv, 333»4
Milne. William (father), 16, 17, 21, 63
Milne, William (son), 269
Ming dynasty, 116
Morrison, Robert, 7, 17, 20, 63
Moses, 61,92, 97, 260-61
Nanjing, xxi, 54, 170 defensive system, 188-89 desolation during Taiping occupation, 267
as Heavenly Capital, 180 map of, 187
porcelain pagoda, 206, 208, 244 Qing conquest of, 317, 322-25, 326 Taiping capture of, 171 Nellis, Patrick, 329
Nian rebellion, 211,249
Noah, 32, 92, 255-56
North China Herald, 298, 302, 308
northern campaign (1852), 154-58, 165-68
map of, 157 northern campaign (1853-55), 210-11, 212-15, 216,219, 234
Odes about the footprints of the Lin, 73 opium trade, 4, 84, 263 Opium War (1839-42), 51-56, 61-62 orphan ghosts, 29
pacification groups, 103—5 Parker, Dr., 9, 12 Paul, St., 63, 271,294 Peking, 280
Taiping name for, 181 Penghua township, 110 Perry, Commodore Matthew, 204 Pidgin English, 8
Pilgrim's Progress (Bunyan), 280, 281, 282
pirates, 81-84, 111
place-names, alteration of, 181-82
Plas, Franjois de, 199, 200, 203-4, 238
porcelain pagoda, 206,
208, 244
predestination, 115
Prophecies of Nefertiti, The, xxii
prostitution, 15, 184
Protestant Theological Seminary, 270
Psalm 115, 97
Psalms 19 and 33, 67-68
Pusa, god, 38
Qiao Yancai, 182 Qing government:
bandits, campaign against, 124 British, conflicts with, 249, 262-63 captured Taiping troops, policy on, 249 "demon" charge against, 115 financial problems, 249, 362«11 foreign assistance against Taiping, 192, 194
see also Taiping Rebellion Qin Rigang, 124, 237, 239, 240, 241 French, meeting with, 202 honorary title, 236
murder of, 244-45 power struggles, 222, 224, 236 Yang Xiuqing's murder and aftermath, 242, 243, 244 Qiu Erh, 133 Qiying, 106
Quanzhou campaign, 156, 158 Rebekah,257
refugees and homeless villagers, 303-6 religion, traditional, 28, 29-30, 34-38 jade Record, 38-39, 40-41, 42-46, 92 Liang Afa's denunciation of, 60-61, 63 Revelation Book of, xxvii, 295-97 Reynolds (ship's officer), 237, 245 Roberts, Issachar, 62, 92-93, 266, 267, 269 Hong Xiuquan and Hong Rengan,
work with, 93 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, visit to,
205, 285-88, 298, 366»9 writings on Hong Xiuquan, 193 Russians, the, 277
Sakyamuni, god, 44
Scandinavians, the, 277
Second Chief Moon, 283-84
Sermon on the Mount, 58-59
sexual separation policy, 120—22, 150—51,
184-85,220, 225, 234 Shanghai, 54, 192-93, 234 arms market, 310-12 crime in, 310
foreign community, 199-200, 299-300,
302, 309-12 map of, 301
refugee problem, 305-6 Taiping campaign against, 278-80,
298-300, 302-3 trade boom, 308-9 Shannon (ship), 262 She Baoshun, 53, 54 Shi Dakai (Wing King), 114, 224, 237, 244-45 British, meeting with, 196 Changsha campaign, 165 defection of, 247-48 hat of, 186
honorary titles, 143, 247 surrender to Qing forces, 316 Thistle Mountain breakout, 138 western campaign (1850s), 216, 218 Xiao Chaogui's wounding, 146 Shi family, 113, 114 Shi Yang, 82
Shrine of the Six Caverns, 76 Shun, sage ruler, 74 Sigu village, 71-72, 76-78, 95, 110 Sillar, J. C„ 302
six commandments, 73—75, 78, 87 "Sixteen Instructions" on virtuous behavior, 28
Snow-in-the-clouds (sword), 48 Staveley, Brig. Gen., 303, 305, 311 stealing, prohibition of, 74-75 Stevens, Edwin, 14-15, 16, 18-20, 21, 22,
30-31,32, 88 Stribling, Cornelius, 309 suicide, traditional beliefs about, 43 Suzhou city, 278, 286,317
Taiping Heavenly Army, xxi, 116—18 arms for, 127,310-12 bandits in, 129, 132, 133 battlefield guidelines for troops, 166-68 battle technique, 239 behavior of troops in camp and on
march, rules for, 147-48 conflicts among leadership, 128 disciplinary actions, 134-36 expansion of, 163 five simple orders, 132—33 Jesus' pronouncements on, 134—36, 263-64
looting, prohibition of, 140-41 merit system, 142 naval forces, 155-56, 158, 165-67 organization of, 127-28 personnel record-keeping, 174 pontoon bridges, use of, 165 traitors, search for, 137, 144-45, 152,
352n 13 tunneling strategy, 165 see also Taiping Rebellion Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, xxi
American visit to, 204-9 Bible of, 177-79
"Biblical errors and falsehoods" issue,
233, 234, 254-61 British assault on, 264—65 British visits to, 193-99, 229-32 bureaucracy of, 185—86 calendar of, 142
capital punishment policy, 228, 236, 274 communal holding of property, 141-42,
168-69, 173 Confucian texts, rehabilitation of, 225- 28, 253
death and burial, policy on, 325 defensive system of Nanjing, 188-89 destruction of Nanjing by Qing forces,
317, 322-25, 326 divine nature, Hong Xiuquan's declaration regarding, 290 dragon symbolism, 220-21 Earthly Paradise, 137, 138, 142, 172, 293
educational primer, 148-50 entertainments, 241
final destruction of Taiping movement, 372«49
foreigners' disillusionment with, 307—8 foreigners' involvement with, 237—41 founding of, 133-34 French visit to, 199-204 grain stockpiling plan, 317 gunpowder manufacture, 355«16 hats for rules, 186 "Heavenly Capital" designation for
Nanjing, 180 Hong Rengan's suggestions, 274-75 Hong Rengan's views on beliefs and rituals, 275-76 Hong Xiuquan's palace universe, 188,
250-54, 290-91 honorary titles, 142-44, 222-23, 236, 247, 268, 278
household registration document, 175 Imperial Clan, 246-47, 249-51, 268 Jesus' pronouncement on, 134 labor policy, 184-85 land program, 173
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (continued) language policy, 181-84 map of area controlled by, 217 medical services, 186, 188 opium use, prohibition of, 134-35, 234- 35
palaces for rulers, 188 place-names, alteration of, 181-82 polygamous practices, 250 popular resistance to, 174, 176 power struggles, 128, 147, 219-27, 233,
235-36, 237 printing and publishing program, 177-
79, 180-81 Qin Regang's murder, 244-45 recruiting new members, 129, 160-63, 169
religious pluralism, policy on, 176-77
rice supplies, collection of, 239
"right to rule" issue, 180
Roberts' visit, 205, 285-88, 298, 366n9
Sabbath services, 287-88
sabotage against, 228
sexual separation policy, 150—51, 184—
85, 220, 225, 234 Shi Dakai's defection, 247-48 social organization, 172-74, 176 Tiangui Fu's leadership, 325-26 trade and markets, 185 Wei Changhui's murder, 244-45 Western objects, fascination with, 241 Yang Xiuqing's murder and aftermath, 242-44
Yang Xiuqing's posthumous status, 246 see also God-worshipping Society; Taiping Heavenly Army; Taiping Rebellion Taiping Rebellion, xxi beginning of, 126—27 Changsha campaign, 163-65 command confusion, 218 Daozhou occupation, 160 defeat of Taiping forces, 302-3, 312,
314, 316-17, 318-21, 322-25, 326 eastern campaign (1860s), 278-80, 283,
298-300, 302-3 Guilin campaign, 155-56
Huazhou campaign, 129-30
Jesus' support for, 126
Jiangkou campaign, 133
Jiang Zhongyuan, confrontation with,
158-60 Jintian campaign, 130-33
map of, 131 Luzhou campaign, 216 Nanjing:
capture of, 171 journey to, 169-71 northern campaign (1852), 154-58, 165-68 map of, 157 northern campaign (1853-55), 210-11,
212-15, 216, 219, 234 peasant opposition, 307 Qing base camp outside Nanjing,
attacks on, 218, 237 Quanzhou campaign, 156, 158 rationale for, 144
refugees and homeless villagers, 303-6 Thistle Mountain breakout, 137-39 western campaign (1850s), 216, 218,
219, 234 western campaign (1863), 312 Wuchang campaigns, 168-69, 216 Yang Xiuqing's role, 218, 236-37 Yongan occupation, 139, 140-41, 145,
152-53 Yulin campaign, 136-37 Zhenjiang campaign, 218, 236, 239 Taiping reign period, 38 Taiping seal, xxviii, 48 "Taiping Tao," xxiii Taiping texts, xxv, 118-20, 121-22, 132, 135-36, 147-50, 161-62, 166-67, 221-22
see also Hong Xiuquan, writings of Tamar, 257-60 Tanka boat people, 25 Tan Shuntian, 119-20 Taoism, xxiii, 38, 42, 60, 61, 63
Taiping policy on, 176 Taylor, Charles, 205 Ten Commandments, 97, 128-29, 150 Thistle Mountain, 80
breakout from, 137-39 Hong Xiuquan's arrival, 95 Thompson, Charles, 239 Tiangui Fu (Hong's eldest son), 124, 150, 224, 235, 282, 287, 291, 308, 325, 348n47
behavior restrictions in childhood,
251 birth of, 122
capture and execution, 331 flight from Qing forces, 326, 328, 330, 331 map of, 327 God's criticism of, 219 as Jesus' adopted son, 246 leadership of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 325-26 name change, 283 prophecies of, 283 title of, 143 "Tianguo" (Kingdom of Heaven), 58 Tianjin city, 211 Tianyou, 246
tigers, symbolic meaning of, 37-38 Tower of Forgetting, 45 Tower to View the World, 39, 42 Triad Society, see Heaven-and-Earth Society