#326 - Taiping 3: The Image-Breakers

The God-Worshippers of Thistle Mountain, under the dual leadership of Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan, had gone from being a quirky, backwater oddity... to, by 1847, a real local headache. When they get bold enough to deface a local temple, the law finally takes action to end their machinations. Yet they emerge from this early crucible unbroken... harder, better, faster, stronger... and even weirder than they went in. Time Period Covered: 1847–1849 Major Historical Figures: Hong Xiuquan, prophet and Heavenly King [1814–1864] Feng Yunshan, chief evangelist and architect of the God-Worshipping Society [1815–1852] Wang Zuoxin, local...