Rider of the Flying Fish

Author: Qiu Huadong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The main plot of "The Man Who Rode the Flying Fish" is based on the experiences of a real person. His name is A.F. Leyland, which can be translated as Leyland. He once served in the British Navy. In 1859, he came to Hong Kong, resigned from his naval position, moved to Shanghai, and later entered the areas controlled by the Taiping Movement in 1860. He met an important military leader of the Taiping Army at that time, the Prince of Loyalty Li Xiuqing, and was appointed by him, becoming a comrade-in-arm and volunteer member of the Taiping Army. He participated in many battles organized and led by the Prince of Loyalty, along with his fiancée and several friends, and lost them one after another. In the first half of 1864, as the Taiping Movement was on the verge of collapse, he left China and returned to Britain. After returning home, he wrote about the Taiping Movement and introduced the movement to European readers in the book "Personal Memoirs of the Taiping Revolution," published in London in 1866. The Chinese translation is approximately 500,000 words.