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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... tells it vividly." — Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review ofBoofy "Enthralling." — The Times [London] "Fascinating. . . . This is an enthralling piece of history, presented with erudition and verve." — Financial Times Also by JONATHAN D ...
... tells it vividly." — Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review ofBoofy "Enthralling." — The Times [London] "Fascinating. . . . This is an enthralling piece of history, presented with erudition and verve." — Financial Times Also by JONATHAN D ...
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... tells them he has no complaints. The three hundred volumes he is carrying — -small, light, paperbound — are but those remaining from over a thousand he currently has out on loan. On the esplanade are rows of stands, whose owners — each ...
... tells them he has no complaints. The three hundred volumes he is carrying — -small, light, paperbound — are but those remaining from over a thousand he currently has out on loan. On the esplanade are rows of stands, whose owners — each ...
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... tells his congregation in a Sunday sermon: "The word of the Lord has been thoroughly tried in all ways. It has been tried by history, and not found wanting. It has been tried by astronomy, by geology, by argument, and by ridicule. It ...
... tells his congregation in a Sunday sermon: "The word of the Lord has been thoroughly tried in all ways. It has been tried by history, and not found wanting. It has been tried by astronomy, by geology, by argument, and by ridicule. It ...
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... tell how many. The English- language newspaper Canton Register in the spring of 1834 had noted in detail how Gutzlaffs continuation of the Chinese Monthly Magazine, a journal first conceived and written in Chinese by Milne and Liang Afa ...
... tell how many. The English- language newspaper Canton Register in the spring of 1834 had noted in detail how Gutzlaffs continuation of the Chinese Monthly Magazine, a journal first conceived and written in Chinese by Milne and Liang Afa ...
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... tells the bystanders "the fulfillment of their wishes," even if they have not yet questioned him. To Hong he says, "You will attain the highest rank, but do not be grieved, for grief will make you sick."23 The next day Hong sees the ...
... tells the bystanders "the fulfillment of their wishes," even if they have not yet questioned him. To Hong he says, "You will attain the highest rank, but do not be grieved, for grief will make you sick."23 The next day Hong sees the ...
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Gods Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Of Hong Xiuquan Jonathan D Spence Ograniczony podgląd - 1996 |
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