{"podcast":{"title":"The History of China","slug":"the-history-of-china-487671","podcast_index_feed_id":487671,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/thehistoryofchina","website_url":"http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f38dab30-3eac-11ed-85fa-371e959ff24d/image/443d59892af69c79735f6243d43648fe.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Stewart","episode_count":386,"summary":"A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. For all the episodes for free, as well as additional content, please subscribe and/or visit http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:19:23.342658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671"},"episode":{"title":"#331 - Taiping 8: Kingdom Come","slug":"331-taiping-8-kingdom-come","published_at":"2026-05-31T19:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/331-taiping-8-kingdom-come","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6969539762.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6969539762.mp3","summary":"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 HubeiQian 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"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 tradi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2555,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-487671/episodes/331-taiping-8-kingdom-come/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/331-taiping-8-kingdom-come.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}