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[–]Alan_Crowe 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I knew a little about the Taiping Rebellion. I had vaguely assumed that it caught the authorities by surprise because it was unprecedented.

Wrong! On the long view, China has a history of Millenarian sects. Fascinating.