God's Chinese Son (74 page)

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

Ulantai, Gen., 145

United States,
see
Americans, the

Wang Qingcheng, xxv 355nl7 Wang Zuoxin, 101, 102, 103, 113, 133 Ward, Frederick, 303, 312, 328 "Way of Great Peace," xxiii "Way of the Celestial Masters," xxiii Wei Changhui (North King), 125, 237, 348«30 British, meeting with, 196 French visit to Taiping, 203 hat of, 186 honorary title, 143 medical services of Taiping, 188 military responsibilities, 218 murder of, 244-45 power struggles, 223—24, 236 Thistle Mountain breakout, 139

Xiao Chaogui's wounding, 146 Yang Xiuqing's murder and aftermath, 242, 243, 244 Wei family, 106, 114 western campaign (1850), 216, 218, 219, 234

western campaign (1863), 312 wheelbarrow races, 329, 372^35 "White Lotus Teachings," xxiv witchcraft, prohibition of, 75 Wolseley, Garnet, 304 Wright, Mary, xxiv Wuchang campaigns, 168-69, 216 Wuhu township, 218, 229 Wylie, Alexander, 267, 269

Xiangeng, Emperor, 160, 164, 182, 202,

249, 263 Xiang Rong, 133, 237 Xiang township, 110 Xiao Chaogui (West King): Changsha campaign, 163 death of, 163-64, 354»28 as Hong Xiuquan's relation, 121 honorary title, 143 illness of, 123

as Jesus' mouthpiece, 107-8, 111, 113, 118, 119-20, 123-25, 134, 226, 263, 285

Jintian campaign, 130, 132 power struggles, 128, 147 recruiting new Taiping members, 160- 63

sons of, 246

Taiping Rebellion, rationale for, 144 Thistle Mountain breakout, 138 wounding of, 145-47, 156 wrestling with heavenly figures, 108—9 Xingan city, 156 Xu, 85-86

Yang Xiuqing (East King), 111, 172 American visit to Taiping Heavenly

Kingdom, 206 Biblical falsehoods, message on, 233 British visits to Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 197-98, 229-32

Yang Xiuqing (
continued)
bureaucracy of Taiping, 185 capital punishment policy, 228, 236 Confucian texts, rehabilitation of, 225- 27

dragon symbolism, 220, 221 as God's mouthpiece, 107, 135, 219-20, 223, 225-26, 233, 235, 236, 241-42 hat of, 186

health problems, 123, 186, 235 "Holy Ghost" designation, 222-23,

228-29, 230 Hong Xiuquan's Biblical commentaries

and, 291-92 honorary titles, 143, 222-23 Irishman's audiences with, 240 Jintian campaign, 130, 132 medical services of Taiping, 186, 188 military responsibilities, 218, 236-37 murder of, 242 personal qualities, 240 posthumous status, 246 power struggles, 128, 147, 219-27, 233,

235-36, 237 recruiting new Taiping members, 160— 63

sexual separation policy, 184, 220 Taiping Rebellion, rationale for, 144

traitors, search for, 152 Xiao Chaogui's wounding, 146 Yang-yun-kiau, 349n28 Yang Zhen, 74-75

Yan Luo (Underworld King), King, 38,

39, 42,48,64,91, 108, 254 Ye-huo-hua (Jehovah),
see
God Yen Hui, 73-74

Yongan, Taiping occupation of, 139, 140—

41, 145, 152-53 Yow-a-he, 83 Yulin campaign, 136-37 Yung Wing, 270

Zeng family, 80, 96, 99

Zeng Guofan, 216, 218, 227-28, 273, 280,

317, 371«23 Zeng Guoquan, 280, 302, 314, 323, 326 Zhang Bingyuan, 228 Zhang family, 78, 79 Zhang Yong, 130 Zhang Yongxiu, 80 Zhenjiang campaign, 218, 236, 239 Zhili province, 181-82
Zhouli
("Rites of Zhou"), 127-28 Zhou Xineng, 352nl3 Zhu Yuanzhang, 116 Zoroaster (Zarathustra), xxii