Hong Xiuquan was the same generation as Marx, and Marx twice commented on Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan, born in 1814, formulated the "** Tian Mu System" in 1853, advocating that local officials should be elected by the people, elected once a year, and if there is corruption, the people can report it.
In addition, the "* Tian Mu System" takes the annual yield per mu of land as the standard, divides the land into different grades, matches the good land and the bad land, and then distributes it equally, which fully embodies the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's concept of "the world is farmed, and the people of the world are cultivated together".
At the same time, it was stipulated that women had the same rights as men and could participate in military and political affairs. It is forbidden to buy and sell marriages, and to freely united couples are issued marriage certificates, which include the names, ages, and places of origin of both parties, and are stamped with dragon and phoenix stamps.
In addition, the tradition of foot binding had been abolished, women's rights had been protected and their social status had been enhanced.
During the reign of the Qing Dynasty in China, land ownership was highly centralized, and peasants had to pay high rents and taxes, and life was extremely difficult. This unjust system exacerbated the contradictions between the peasants and the feudal landlord class, and made the vast number of poor peasants full of dissatisfaction with the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
In this context, Hong Xiuquan launched an uprising in Jintian Village, Guiping, Guangxi on January 11, 1851, and led the rebel army to call itself the Taiping Army, and the founding of the country was called the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Hong Xiuquan also proclaimed himself the king of heaven.
In 1853, the Taiping army successfully captured Nanjing, renamed Nanjing "Tianjing", and made it the capital. Subsequently, they promulgated the "** Tian Mu System", which aimed to realize public ownership of land and eliminate feudal exploitation.
However, despite the widespread attention and support that the Taiping uprising received, they were ultimately defeated by the Qing army and failed to realize their ideals. In 1863, "Tianjing" was surrounded by Qing troops, but no one came to the rescue.
Hong Xiuquan did not choose to abandon the city and escape, but decided to stick to the end. However, in 1864, Hong Xiuquan died of illness at the age of 51. Soon after, the Qing army successfully captured Tianjing, and the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came to an end.
In 1818, the great thinker Marx was born. He was deeply interested in the Taiping Rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan and praised the innovation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system, calling it an unprecedented event in Chinese history.
However, the corruption and degeneration of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the "Tianjing" period eventually led to the defeat of the movement, which made Marx deeply disappointed. He believes that although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom put forward the concept of democracy and equality, it eventually went to the abyss of deviating from its original intention, which is regrettable.
At that time, it was extremely rare for Hong Xiu to have such an enlightened mind. Although his movement ultimately failed and even went into decline, his courage and determination, as well as his new ideas, deserve our respect.
Hong Xiuquan is undoubtedly a unique revolutionary, and his thoughts and actions have left a deep impression on us.