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A copy of a record of a interview between Yang Tu-hsin [John Griffith] and Hung Jen-kan [Hong Rengan] about Taiping ideology and belief, dated the 10th year, 10th month, 7th day of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period (16 November 1860). The document includes an English note reading 'Kan Wang to [John] Chalmers'.

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A copy of a letter from Hung Jen-kan [Hong Rengan] to Li Ya-ke [James Legge] and Kan Tzu-shih [John Chalmers], dated the 10th year, 10th month, 17th day of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period (26 November 1860), with a drawing of Hung's official seal and a drawing of an envelope including the Chinese notes 'This is the front.' and 'This is the back.'

Scope and Contents A transcript of the proclamation to the people of Nanking by Tsan Wang (Adviser King) Meng [Shih-yung], Kan Wang (Shield King) Hung [Hong Rengan] and Chang Wang Lin [Shao-chang] of an imperial edict ordering the resumption of commerce and for garrison troops to open up the wasteland for the growing of grain in the rural area of Nanking, including the arrangements, dated the 10th year, 12th month of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period (January 1861). The document includes a short English note...

Scope and Contents Three official public proclamations: (a) an official proclamation from seven Kings urging the people to forsake the darkness for light, dated the 10th month of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period (November 1860); (b) an undated official notice issued by Kan Wang (Shield King) Hung [Hong Rengan] urging that the Taiping army be strictly disciplined and obey the laws; and (c) an undated official notice issued by Kan Wang Hung ordering the promulgation of the Taiping ideology and denouncing the...