Hong Xiuquan was born in an ordinary peasant family in Guanlubu Village, Guangdong Province, and Feng Yunshan, who was also from the same background and lived very close, met and became close friends when he was young. Later, Feng Yunshan was able to preach with Hong Xiuquan, and Feng generously brought Hong Xiuquan into his hard-won team, all because of his sincere childhood feelings.
Later, after both of them failed in the imperial examination, they both became teachers in their hometown. 1843, the second year after the Qing government signed the second humiliating treaty, was a special moment for Hong Xiuquan. This year, his childish experiment failed for the sixth time. It was also in this year that Hong Xiuquan decided to give up scientific research. He wants to preach.
Hong Xiuquan spread his thoughts wholeheartedly in his hometown and called for the establishment of a new world of "one family under the world, sharing peace" according to the teachings of Christianity. In vain, however, only his cousin Hong Ren and his friend Hong Xiuquan sincerely converted. Disappointed, he and Feng Yunshan decided to leave their hometown to preach. 1844, Hong and Feng went to Guangxi to preach, but things did not develop according to Hong Xiuquan's expectation, and the people of Guangxi did not accept their gods easily.
When they were in trouble, they had an argument and Hong went back to his hometown. Feng Xiuquan stayed and continued to develop. He decided to go deep into people from all walks of life, broaden their contacts and social circles, and then break them down one by one to spread their "worship of God" with all his strength. More than 2,000 religious groups have gradually developed in the Zijingshan area of Guangdong Province, which has become the basic force for the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and many promising celebrities such as Shi Dakai, Wei Changhui, Yang and Xiao Chaoqing have emerged.
These people are all ministers of Hong Xiuquan's "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement". Even Hong Xiuquan himself developed on this team. However, Feng Xiuquan, the "founding father", failed to accompany this organization that he built himself to the end. In an early military activity, he was ambushed by the Qing army and killed. Who is better, Hong Xiuquan or Feng Yunshan? The fates of two people are so different. Does everyone have their own life? At the beginning, the Taiping Army was terrible and full of people, but in the end, it was like a building falling down. Is it a life hanging by a thread?