Poems of the Father 1857 is selected from 500 poems in Poems of the Father, one of the classic official books published by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Its main content is the dogma of the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan to guide and restrain the concubines in the palace, and it also involves other contents such as mental control of the officers and men of Taiping Army. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom practices the unity of politics and religion. The Poem of the Heavenly Father is not only an official book of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also a religious classic of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.