"The Real Story of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" is an academic work written by Mr. Sheng Xunchang based on the information he collected about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, it is different from the general academic writing method. The author targets a wider audience and does not focus on research. Instead, he tells the historical facts and directly narrates the confirmed research conclusions to the readers. Therefore, reading this book is like reading about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The true history of the Kingdom of Heaven that goes deep into its interior is also based on the author's comprehensive and sufficient grasp of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom information. It is quite different from the previously published monographs on the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Therefore, the description is more comprehensive and objective, correcting some previous discussions that relied on conjecture and guesswork due to lack of information, or concluded one-sidedly, fallaciously, or made unreasonable statements to cater to a certain trend of thought.
