Biography of Hong Xiuquan

Author: Nanjing University Press
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Publish Date: 1995-09-01
Features: Hong Xiuquan was an outstanding leader of the early modern peasant movement in China and a rare thinker of peasant movement in Chinese history. His life was full of twists and turns, filled with legends; his ideological connotations were rich and complex, and underwent dramatic changes, attracting significant attention from academia. Hong Renkun was an important leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in its later period and an early designer of China's modernization plans. His ideas have become a hot topic of research in academia. This book draws on the rich achievements of previous research, guided by historical materialism as its theoretical framework, and employs methods such as empirical research and structural-functional analysis to deeply examine the basic level and variations of the ideological structures of Hong Xiuquan and Hong Renkun, explore the complex driving forces behind their ideological development and changes, and elaborate the diverse functions of the protagonists' ideas in different historical periods of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as well as evaluate their profound historical impact. This represents a pioneering exploration in academia, and we welcome criticism and corrections from readers.