God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong XiuquanW. W. Norton & Company, 17 gru 1996 - 432 "A magnificent tapestry . . . a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time: a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity."--Washington Post Book World Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must be read. At the center of this history of China's Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student of Confucian doctrine who ascends to heaven in a dream and meets his heavenly family: God, Mary, and his older brother, Jesus. He returns to earth charged to eradicate the "demon-devils," the alien Manchu rulers of China. His success carries him and his followers to the heavenly capital at Nanjing, where they rule a large part of south China for more than a decade. Their decline and fall, wrought by internal division and the unrelenting military pressures of the Manchus and the Western powers, carry them to a hell on earth. Twenty million Chinese are left dead. |
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... WORD 14 HOME GROUND 23 SKY WAR 34 THE KEY 51 WANDERING 66 THE BASE 79 JUDGMENTS 96 ASSEMBLING no EARTH WAR 126 THE FIRST CITY 140 THE HUNT 154 THE EARTHLY PARADISE 172 THREE SHIPS 192 THE SPLIT '10 THE KILLING 234 FAMILY CIRCLES 246.
... WORD 14 HOME GROUND 23 SKY WAR 34 THE KEY 51 WANDERING 66 THE BASE 79 JUDGMENTS 96 ASSEMBLING no EARTH WAR 126 THE FIRST CITY 140 THE HUNT 154 THE EARTHLY PARADISE 172 THREE SHIPS 192 THE SPLIT '10 THE KILLING 234 FAMILY CIRCLES 246.
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... a final, apocalyptic battle between the two forces, a battle in which, after much agony, the good would triumph and the evil be driven from the earth. Quite independently as far as we know, and somewhat later, FOREWORD.
... a final, apocalyptic battle between the two forces, a battle in which, after much agony, the good would triumph and the evil be driven from the earth. Quite independently as far as we know, and somewhat later, FOREWORD.
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... earth, would survive this terrible period. When it was over, the faithful would draw together into their own ideal community, in which they would live at last in peace and harmony.8 From that time forward, both in China and in Europe ...
... earth, would survive this terrible period. When it was over, the faithful would draw together into their own ideal community, in which they would live at last in peace and harmony.8 From that time forward, both in China and in Europe ...
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... earth. Through the courtesy of the British Library, I was able to consult the new texts in the original and to make my own copy; and on a later visit to Peking I met their discoverer, Wang Qingcheng, and had a full discussion of their ...
... earth. Through the courtesy of the British Library, I was able to consult the new texts in the original and to make my own copy; and on a later visit to Peking I met their discoverer, Wang Qingcheng, and had a full discussion of their ...
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... earth, [And] the Savior and Young Monarch, the True King, Guifu. Exalted for a myriad years, eternally granting Heaven's favor, Eternally maintaining Heaven and earth in gracious harmony and convivial peace. • - *- God's Chinese Son ...
... earth, [And] the Savior and Young Monarch, the True King, Guifu. Exalted for a myriad years, eternally granting Heaven's favor, Eternally maintaining Heaven and earth in gracious harmony and convivial peace. • - *- God's Chinese Son ...
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Gods Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Of Hong Xiuquan Jonathan D Spence Ograniczony podgląd - 1996 |
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan Jonathan D. Spence Ograniczony podgląd - 1996 |
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