{"podcast":{"title":"The History of China Podcast","slug":"the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899","podcast_index_feed_id":6581899,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud%3Ausers%3A67951944/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofchina","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000199309984-eeqmbi-original.jpg","author":"Chris Stewart","episode_count":357,"summary":"An audio journey through the 5000 year history of…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:19:19.795905+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899"},"episode":{"title":"#331 - Taiping 8: Kingdom Come","slug":"331-taiping-8-kingdom-come","published_at":"2026-05-31T19:23:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899/331-taiping-8-kingdom-come","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899","url":"https://soundcloud.com/the-history-of-china/331-taiping-8-kingdom-come","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2330838860-the-history-of-china-331-taiping-8-kingdom-come.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 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.","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":2450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899/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-podcast-6581899/331-taiping-8-kingdom-come.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}