EARLY EPISODE: The Taiping Rebellion Part 4: The Heavenly King Has a Tummy Ache
Added 2023-04-25 15:46:06 +0000 UTCThe conclusion to the saga of the Taiping Rebellion!
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Thanks! I found this link. https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295993188/the-world-of-a-tiny-insect
Mac
2023-06-21 21:12:58 +0000 UTCSorry I know I'm commenting on this late but re: your talk at the end about the human cost and how most of these people had no choice I highly rec the book The World Of A Tiny Insect by Zhang Daye. Its a memoir written by a guy who lived through the Taiping Rebellion as a child (though obviously he didn't write the book till decades later) in a town that fell under Taiping occupation and it gives a really good if depressing ground level view of what it was like to just be a normal civilian in all this
Rachael
2023-06-07 22:08:38 +0000 UTCMy personal method of trying to get pronunciations of foreign words right is to just plug them into google translate and press the text to speech button. Doesn't help in pronouncing speech sounds that don't occur in english but it does help you get in the right ballpark.
Bees McBee
2023-05-12 18:36:18 +0000 UTCSpending my childhood in the city of Nanjing, China, our elementary school teacher used to take us to tour the remaining palaces and gardens built during the Taiping rebellion, most of them were destroyed. The most famous one remained like Hong’s heavenly palace becomes Kiang Kei-shek’s presidential palace during the Republic of China period, then the Rape of Nanjing took place. Then the civil war broke out and the communists took the palace and now it’s a tourist attraction. The history of that palace alone is an epitome of recent Chinese history and makes me question whether Nanjing as a city is just cursed…
RayRey
2023-05-09 04:00:56 +0000 UTCI want this to be real
Chris Anderzon
2023-05-01 15:38:30 +0000 UTCThank you for mentioning what else was happening in the world at the time, I find it a lot easier to remember history when I can place it alongside things I already know.
Jonathan Bastow
2023-04-28 23:46:45 +0000 UTCFun fact: The Wing King was not the only person involved in this war to make a significant contribution to chicken cuisine. The attack on the last city held by Hong's son was led by general Zuo Zongtang, alternative spelling Tso Tsung-t'ang. This is the guy that General Tso's Chicken is named after.
Hugh Crosthwait
2023-04-27 23:39:15 +0000 UTCSpeaking of smokestack VW diesels. My buddy had a Jetta on all terrain tires with a smokestack and it was dumb, but oh so fun at the same time
Preston Klein
2023-04-27 22:17:05 +0000 UTCExcellent series as always, good work boys
Boils
2023-04-27 10:25:31 +0000 UTCThanks for the gracious shout out Nate re: Entebbe. I wanted to also acknowledge the level of respect everyone on the show has to non-Western cultures, peoples and histories. I know people may criticize mispronunciations as you mentioned, but I think most would ignore that and accept your fundamental open-mindedness. Just a small note of appreciation from a Pakistani Muslim fan of the pod and the crew.
S.O. Khan
2023-04-26 23:15:01 +0000 UTCFun fact about those Taiping remnants in Southeast Asia: the heroin trade in the Golden Triangle region used to be dominated by ethnically Chinese people who were, at least in part, descendants of Taiping refugee bandits.
Ben Schwabe
2023-04-26 18:31:37 +0000 UTCChwarae teg butt, didn't expect to find a fellow indy supporter here !
Daniel Mathews
2023-04-26 14:59:29 +0000 UTCI've been to the indy marches always great atmosphere
Dawson
2023-04-26 14:49:38 +0000 UTCAs a proud Welshman, i would CARU this.
Daniel Mathews
2023-04-26 14:24:55 +0000 UTCShould cover the Owain Glyndwr Welsh rebellion
Dawson
2023-04-26 03:31:24 +0000 UTCDoes my shitty tattoo grant me membership in the Black Flag army?
Brandon P
2023-04-26 03:23:50 +0000 UTC
