A Hitherto Unpublished Taiping Document

In spite of over 14 years of activity-most of which was of a military nature-hardly any Taiping military despatches have survived or, if they have, they remain to be discovered. The only copy of this rare example, published here for the first time, is in the Public Record Office (series 682, No. 275/A3). It was amongst the documents found in the office of the Governor-General of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, on the occasion of the British capture and occupation of Canton in 1858. There is no means of knowing how accurately it was copied; on the other hand, there is no reason to question its authenticity or accuracy

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• Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, 1644-1912 (2 vols)

  C K Yang, Library of Congress Orientalia Division et al.•Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period•2010

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