In the 19th year of Jiaqing (1 814) 65438+10/,Hong Xiuquan was born in Hua County, Guangdong Province (now Huadu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province). At the age of seven, I went to school in the village and was familiar with the four books and five classics.
Hong Xiuquan, the site of Tianwangfu in Nanjing, was like Daoguang for seven years (1827), 15 years old. The first time I went to Huaxian County, I was among the best. But he went to Guangzhou to take the government exam, but he came last. The following year, due to financial constraints at home, he engaged in agricultural labor and taught himself. During this period, he read many books about China's history and strange things.
In the ninth year of Daoguang (1829), Hong Xiuquan went to the private school capital of Jiuling Ancient Temple near the county seat at the invitation of his classmates. In the tenth year of Daoguang (1830), Hong Xiuquan was hired as a teacher in the village because of his profound knowledge and began his teaching career in the countryside.
The elders in the village are optimistic that Hong Xiuquan can win fame and honor, but he failed in the Guangzhou college entrance examination three times. After losing the election in Guangzhou for the third time, he was 25 years old. After this blow, he was seriously ill and was once in a coma. When he was ill, an old man had hallucinations and said to him, "I was ordered by God to come to earth to slay the devil." From then on, Hong Xiuquan was taciturn and behaved strangely.