A man fails a civil service exam, loses his goddamn mind, and leads China into the deadliest civil war in human history. Part 1/4
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Sources:
Johnathan Spence. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan.
Stephen Platt. Autumn in the heavenly kingdom
Jian Youwen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement
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