# #331 - Taiping 8: Kingdom Come

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Podcast: [The History of China Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899)
Published: 2026-05-31T19:23:44+00:00
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The Heavenly Host marches north out of Hunan. Ahead of them lies the spine of China itself – the mighty Yangtze; maker and breaker of dynasties. The trading capitals strung along its southern bank glimmer like beads on a thread. They have and continue to transform, to build a fleet, a state. Now they will find out what it’s all been leading toward. This is the story of the Kingdom In Motion, and the river that carried it east. Time Period Covered: Nov. 1852 – Mar. 1853 Major Historical Figures: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Hong Xiuquan, Heavenly King, Second Son of God [1814–1864] Yang Xiuqing, East King, Voice of God the Father [d. 1856] Shi Dakai, Wing King [1831–1863] Li Xiucheng, future Loyal King [1823–1864] Qing Dynasty: The Xianfeng Emperor, Aisin Gioro Yizhu [1831–1861] Chang Liangji, Governor of Hubei Qian Jiang, the jiansheng from Zhejiang who pitched reform and walked Major Sources Cited: Michael, Franz, and Chang Chung-li. The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents, Vol. I. Kuhn, Philip A. "Ch. 6, The Taiping Rebellion" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 10. Spence, Jonathan D. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Hamberg, Theodore. The Visions of Hung-Siu-tshuen, and Origin of the Kwang-si Insurrection.

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