S01E35 Taiping Rebellion: Issachar Roberts
In the present look at Hong Rengan in the Taiping hierarchy, we are looking at some of the foreigners who drifted over to the Taiping side. This episode focuses on eccentric loose cannon missionary Issachar Roberts.
In this episode, we see an example of how the Taiping were a little "too Chinese" to make a successful revolution: they focused too much on maintaining the appearance of being a traditional Chinese dynasty to fully digest useful foreign ideas, science, and technology.
Issachar Roberts went in thinking he was going to be a mentor to the leader of the Taiping, but he pretty much ended up doing foreign relations and PR chores.
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