#329 - Taiping 6: River of Souls

Podcast: The History of China Podcast · Chris Stewart

Opublikowano: 2026-05-16

The army that marches north out of Quanzhou in June 1852 is not the same one that left Jintian 18 months prior. It has left its prime architect in an unmarked grave, massacred the city that killed him, and crossed into the unknown territory of Hunan. At Daozhou, for the first time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom starts speaking to Empire at large, calls upon brotherhood to honor their blood-oaths, & dares name the emperor himself a demon. It's beginning to get real, and all roads - it seems - lead toward Changsha... Time Period Covered: June – October 1852 Major Historical Figures: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Ho...