However, not many people outside China know the story of Hong Xiuquan, the charismatic leader of the Taiping Rebellion. Eighty-some years before Hitler took his frustration out on the world, Hong Xiuquan took out his frustration and resentment on the Chinese people. Taking the famous state civil service exam three times and failing each time in his attempt to secure a life-long position of respect and security, Hong, like Hitler at the end of WWI, had a vision or a dream which he was convinced meant he was to lead China to a new “golden age.”
Hong must have been quite charismatic and able to convey his beliefs well, for not long after, his movement, originally centered in Guangzhou (formerly known as “Canton”) grew to some 10,000 members. In his visions, Hong saw the Christian god and Jesus and believed he was another “Son of God” and Jesus’ brother. In the 1840s and 50s, increasing numbers of Christian missionaries arrived in China, along with a growing number of European troops and merchants.Though most Chinese never entertained the thought of converting to Christianity, the population numbers in China, believed to be between 400-450 million people at the time, meant that if only 1% of Chinese converted, four million people had become Christian,The governing Qing Dynasty was not thrilled by the arrival and spread of a foreign and completely alien religion but had little choice. The growing influence of European powers in China at the time, especially that of England and France, and the humiliating Chinese defeat against England in the First Opium War of the early 1840s meant that the Qing had little choice. Resentment against the Europeans, their faith, and their new Chinese converts grew throughout much of eastern China, where the European’s influence was most significant. Hong Xiuquan had heard speeches and lectures by Edwin Stevens, an American missionary who gave Hong a number of pamphlets and books about Christianity written by Liang Fa, one of the first Chinese converts to Christianity. Liang Fa’s “Good Words to Admonish the Age” became popular among some educated Chinese and was the book that most influenced Hong.
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Tell us about who orchestrated the Holdomor incident in Ukraine?
As usual, religion caused untold misery & death by the tens of millions.
Where was god when all this went down? Was he out to lunch or did god just didn't give a hoot about the Chinese people? Perhaps he was too busy with his chosen people.
and this, ladies and gentlemen, is the power of heretical beliefs
This is genuinely one of the most disturbing wars in history. The more you read into it, it gets pretty uncomfortable
10 millon , thats nothing communist Mao killed more than 100 millions of innocent chinese majority of them Rigth wing… Same Russia killed more than 30 million of Christian Rigth wing Russians and 15 million of ukranians…
No wonder they are so skeptical of Christianity with that kind of past. Imagine if David Koresh was able to have 40 million followers in the USA and start a rebellion with them. USA would be fearful of any Christian gather to probably.
typical christian behavior.
Why are you calling him mad?
I don't particularly believe in the new age ascended master's list, but on a trivila note, they are missing his name.
The Hakka are still considers as Chinese, no one actually believes that the Hakka was behind the Taiping rebellion, most believe it was poverty that forces people to rebel, which is very common in Chinese history
And you people think the commies now are bad, you just dont know whats around the corner.
Thank you. I was completely ignorant of this monstrous disaster other than knowing the phrase, 'The Taiping Rebellion'.
Honestly it sounds kinda like that middle east group in Iraq/Syria which shall not be named.
Chinese historians: meh, only 20 mil?
8:26 You inverted the signs.
Nanjing never seems to get a break. Damn that's savage.
Failed artist
Failed civil exam
This video gives a unique view of the Hakka people, also called ke-jia, guest people 客家
In the ROC on Taiwan, President Tsai Ying Wen is the daughter of a Hakka man. It is ironic a leader of the Taiwan secession movement, which forbids peace with the mainland, is Hakka
The amount of films that could be made about China's bloody wars could fill the whole of an industry.
洪秀全是罗马教廷认证的耶和华的二儿子，耶稣的东方亲弟弟😅
Average Lemon trader squabble in china
And this is why there is no Christianity in china if you ask chinese
-china
-someone claims to be child of god
-3 billion dies (0.01% population)
Theres yellow turban.
Then theres taiping rebellion.
Yeah, thats why Chinese govt is sensitive about religions of all kind.
stopped watching @6:15 – too many misinfo here mate …my mum is hakka BUT and i quote 'Hakka people are a subgroup of the Han Chinese ethnic group. They are also known as Hakka Han, Chinese Kejia, or K'o-chia people' ….
also you failed to state that the HAN people is like 92% of the Chinese population !
As usual, the Protestants were involved….
Christianity was not alien to China. The book of Genesis talks of the descendants of Shem settling the far east after the fall of Babel. Semitic languages come from this family line.
most likely pseudo-christian Jesuits spreading their cults, like they did in USA
7:44 fun fact: hakka 客家 in cantonese (who were in the south) means "guests (to the) house" – since they were "guests" who came from the north
I think 8:25 is an error which you were supposed to replace with 8:53 but ended up putting both in
When you say cult…you mean it was a Protestant order
😂Hakka people get discriminated. Joke on the author, that claim doesnt stand a chance of scrutiny. If you take a look at the directory of important figure from Southern part of China. You will see Hakka people have rather significant percentage. From entrepreneur to important goverment bureacrat and scholar in higher education orgnization. Of course people from different region may not like each other in a sense, if you want to put it that way. But it is never as bad as the Ontarian vs Quebecer.
How could someone so wicked claim to know Christ 😢
You glossed over the Opium Wars were started by the British to force Opium INTO China destabilising the Chinese Empires and causing ghe large scale opium addiction in China adding to the destabilisation. 😮😮
You have Hitler derangement syndrome
This is how all religions have been created its work of some smart cunning man who want to fullfill his desires
Just think about it whatvif this happened 1500 years in some very desperate and poor region like middile east.
Actually we know what would have happen lokk at islam Christianity and Judaism and many more
Leave religion be human ❤ science is true mean to explore universe
Satan is doing their work in the disguise of Abrahmic religion
This is how all religions have been created its work of some smart cunning man who want to fullfill his desires
Just think about it whatvif this happened 1500 years in some very desperate and poor region like middile east.
Actually we know what would have happen lokk at islam Christianity and Judaism and many more
Leave religion be human ❤ science is true mean to explore universe
This sounds like some ancient video game.
All you 3rd rate history tubers ruin your videos with Hitler-WW2 falsehoods. You know nothing about the subject and will never learn so why don't you just shut up about it?
我们中国有自己的教皇😊😊😊当时罗马教皇派来了一队传教士团体与洪秀全进行辩经结果失败了😂😂
Isn't that something that the 2 religions that want to convert people are Christianism and Islam? All other religions leave you alone: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Shintoism, etc.