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He succeeded his father at sixteen and was not respected like his father by the princes, and he was spoken of lowly. In Zhong Prince Li Xiucheng Describes Himself (《忠王李秀成自述》), the autobiographical account of a prince of the Heavenly Kindgom written shortly before his execution, Hong Tianguifu was described as "inexperienced," "spoiled," and "incapable." Also, Hong Tianguifu never rode a horse, which was essential for leaders and commanders in wars.
Four months after his coronation, the kingdom was destroyed by Qing Dynasty. He escaped to Hu District (湖州), Zhejiang, and rendezvoused with his uncle, Hong Rengan (洪仁玕), Gan Prince (干王). Together, they attempted to escape to Shi Town (石城) or Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi, but he got caught on his way by Qing soldiers and was killed at the age of sixteen.
A glimpse of Hong Tianguifu's character can be seen by his remarks before his execution: " Guangdong isn't a nice place, I don't wanna go back. I only wanna study with Old Master Tang in HunanHunan ( Pinyin: Hu'nan) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of the Dongting Lake (hence the name Hunan meaning "south of the lake"). Hunan is sometimes called "Xiang" for short, after the Xiang River which, then become a first-degree scholar." (“廣東地方不好，我也不愿回去了，我衹愿跟唐老爺到湖南讀書，想進秀才。”) This apparently innocent, pointless and irrelevant comment was considered by some as a desperate and futile attempt to avoid his untimely death by fooling the executioner into confusing his identityIn philosophy, identity is the quality of being "the same as". It is of particular interest to logicians and metaphysicians. Logic In logic, the identity relation is normally, (by definition), the transitive, symmetric, and reflexive relation that holds o. It may have been his utter lack of understanding of what was happening to him, and to his lost kingdom.
Despite the short time he was a king, he was issued a official jadeAn ornamental stone, jade is a name applied to two different silicate minerals. Nephrite is a form of the amphibole, actinolite (a mineral that also includes a form of asbestos). The second, the mineral jadeite, is a pyroxene. Nephrite has the formula Ca( sealSeal as impression A seal is an impression, usually in wax or embossed on the paper itself, or other item attached to a legal instrument used to authenticate it in place of, or in addition to, a signature. Seals of this nature were applied directly to the (玉璽 yu4 xi3), which is an exhibit in the Hong KongThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or Hong Kong (, pinyin: Xinggng, WG: Hsiang-kang, Cantonese IPA, Jyutping or Penkyamp: hoeng1 gong2, meaning Fragrant Harbour , is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of Chi MuseumA museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evi of HistoryHistory is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in "geologic history of the Earth". When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. The term histor (香港歷史博物館) [1].
Hong Tianguifu's nameA name is a label for a thing, person, place, product (as in a brand name), and even an idea or concept, normally used to distinguish one from another. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given is unique, in that it contains a three- character given name, whereas almost all Chinese given names have just one or two characters.