Tai-ping

In a previous letter I informed you, if I mistake not, that the late Tai-ping rebellion was of a two-fold, politico-religious character, and that while they sought the overthrow of the present Tartar dynasty, their chief object both at its beginning and during its progress was the extermination of idolatry.

Letter from Young J. Allen to an editor,January 28, 1868 2008

In a previous letter I informed you, if I mistake not, that the late Tai-ping rebellion was of a two-fold, politico-religious character, and that while they sought the overthrow of the present Tartar dynasty, their chief object both at its beginning and during its progress was the extermination of idolatry.

Letter from Young John Allen to an editor,January 28, 1868 2008

The eyesore hillside of Tai-ping Shan that Gordon owns — Gordon Chen, son of my beloved tai-pan — where most of our heathen always lived was a stinking, festering, overcrowded, rat-breeding cauldron for all pestilences, and as much as the authorities cajoled, ordered and insisted, the superstitious inhabitants there disbelieved everything and would do nothing to improve their lot, though the deaths continued and continued.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Oh all gods great and small and very small, help this deal to go through and I will endow a new temple, a cathedral, in Tai-ping Shan, he promised, consumed with fervor.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

The bed was rumpled but a thousand times better than the cot in the room she rented in Tai-ping Shan.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

The bed was rumpled but a thousand times better than the cot in the room she rented in Tai-ping Shan.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

I caused Tai-ping Shan to be fired but thereby I kept troth with Hong Kong.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

I caused Tai-ping Shan to be fired but thereby I kept troth with Hong Kong.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Oh all gods great and small and very small, help this deal to go through and I will endow a new temple, a cathedral, in Tai-ping Shan, he promised, consumed with fervor.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

If you asked me, the date of the Tai-ping Rebellion

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