Remember that time China almost got fucking destroyed because some schizo Chinaman thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ and it was his holy mission to end the Qing dynasty and start the world’s largest, bloodiest civil war in history? Oh, and it killed more people than the First World War and its fighting forces combined.
>>18449516What is it about Christianity in particular that makes people go full schizo?
>>18449520What causes the Chinese to cause the dumbest and goriest wars and famines for seemingly no reason whatsoever?
>>18449516Would've been based if he'd won, though. Instead we got chicom crap.
>>18449555A Christian China would look alien as hell anon. Missionaries went to Hong and they left immediately. He never even saw a Bible.
>>18449520He never actually studied Christianity. He briefly read a pamphlet and decided it was good enough inspiration for a new religion based around him.
>>18449516Tbf, this war didn't blow up because half of China believed in this guys BS. It was about half of China trying to liberate themselves from Manchu rule.
>>18449594So he was a useful idiot, holstered up by masses of useful idiots. Fuck him. He committed suicide and let his fifteen year old son suffer a truly horrid fate.
>Changs meet Catholics.Peaceful multicultural exchange with mutual respect between Westerners & the Chinese.>Changs meet EvangelicalsSchizo cult fuckery killing millions & continues to give China its weirdest losers.What did history mean by this?
>>18449516Eh, Christianity was just the spark, the powder was discontent with manchu rule
>>18449604Evangelism has SOVL.
>>18449516You forgot to mention it started over him failing an exam.
>>18449555if he won the taiping heavenly kingdom collapses china into the warlord era half a century before it happened historically, and the imperialist nations might have sought direct annexation of their concessions
>>18449594also worth noting that there were two other major anti-manchu revolts and a war with britain and france happening in china at the same time
>>18449610This. There is true art to madness.
>>18449520>>18449591He had visions. >>18449516Reminder that western powers had to step in to stop him, that's how STRONG HE WAS.
>>18450123>visionsHaving a mental breakdown from stress after flunking your entrance examine can do that.>western powers intervene Yes because when they looked into him more they realized he was just absolutely insane and it would be better to deal with the corrupt Qing than whatever inane bullcrap he will implement. Reminder he banned procreation for everyone except for himself.
>>18449516Remember that time China almost got fucking destroyed because some Taoist sorcerer led a gang of yellow turban-wearing villagers-cum-bandits against the Han government? Oh, and it destroyed the Han dynasty, killing more people than the First World War and its fighting forces combined.
>>18449520>ChristianityThis is china. This man is literally no different than, say, the Yellow Turbans.
>>18449516My favorite Chinese schizo is Wang Mang
>>18450163Doesn't help that his village was holding him to succeed.
>>18449581>A Christian China would look alien as hell anon.I think the Church of the Almighty God (which has been outlawed in China) is a decent example of what a totalitarian Christian China would look like:https://youtu.be/AJ4gLHIqsKM
>>18449516>>18449523Once you realize chinese behave like ants it casts no doubt why they are called bugmen as a slur. Also notice any fictional media where there is a incest humanoid, they are nearly always (chinese) asian. KEK
>>18450811>incestautocorrect kek I meant insect
>>18450187SOVL
>>18449604Italy sent their best to China.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Naples_“L’Orientale”>Founded in 1732 by Matteo Ripa, it is the oldest school of Sinology and Oriental Studies of the European continent.>He returned to Naples from China with four young Chinese Christians, all teachers of their native language; they formed the nucleus of what would become the "Chinese College" (Collegio de' Cinesi) of Naples, sanctioned by Pope Clement XII in 1732 to teach Chinese to missionaries and thus advance the propagation of Christianity in China.
>>18451126I thought it was Matteo Ricci. I have the Spence book.
>>18451219Yes, Matteo Ricci would have been in China from 1582 to 1610 AD. I guess I picked the university because the idea of a Chinese language college in Italy seemed quite novel for 1732. Although before both of them was the Franciscan John of Montecorvino who arrived in China as a contemporary of Marco Polo.And of course before that was the Nestorian Christian Alopen who arrived in 635 AD and whose story is on the Xi'an Stele. Before that it is said that St. Thomas the Apostle preached in China in 52 AD.
>>18449516If he won China might have modernised half a century earlier than it did in our time, he and his court were relatively friendly with western powers and wanted to cooperate with them. Also Christian China lol>>18449591His cousin was learned religious man and handled a great deal of religious life.
