With the relaxed writing style of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", this book goes deep into historical details, peels off the superficial shell, and restores a warm, limited, controversial but extremely regrettable Li Xiucheng. You will see his flexibility, his loyalty, his compromise, and his courage to "know what cannot be done but do it" when the building is about to collapse.
This is not only the history of one person's failure, but also a mirror that reflects the peak, limitations and pathos of the old-style peasant revolution. Through the life of Li Xiucheng, you will understand why the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rose and why it died; you will see all the efforts and helplessness of a traditional hero before the wave of modernization.
Are you ready? Let us go back to that era of fierce fires and heroes, and witness how the "Loyal King" Li Xiucheng used his life to write the last, most complex and heroic page of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
