Hamberg with his account of the early history of the movement, but of course gives a later picture. Other statements included in this pamphlet are from Hung Fu-t'ien, the second T'ienwang, and two lesser lights. There is considerable evidence of friction between this Kanwang and the Chungwang.
6. "The Confession of Hung Ta-ch'üan," copied from the China Mail by Brine in The Tae-ping Belellion, pp. 131 ff. This will be found copied entire in this book. Although rejected by some, I am inclined to accept it as substantially true, in spite of apparent falsifications here and there. It throws a flood of light on the origin of the enterprise.
C. SOURCES: FOREIGN. I.
1. Files of the North China Herald after 1851.
Much that was of importance about the Taipings found its way to the columns of this journal. Its place of publication, Shanghai, gave it a great advantage over its rival, the China Mail, which was published in Hongkong. It printed translations of many of the decrees recorded in the Peking Gazettes. See Cordier for a list of the most important articles.
2. Files of the China Mail, Hongkong, 1851-1865.
3. Reports of Ministers, Commissioners, and Consuls of the United States:
32d Congress, 2d session, Senate Ex. Documents, 22, 64.
33d Congress, 1st session, House Ex. Documents, 123.
35th Congress, 2d session, Senate Ex. Documents, 22.
36th Congress, 1st session. Senate Ex. Documents, 39.
37th Congress, 3d session, Senate Ex. Documents, 34.
4. Parliamentary Papers:
(a) Papers respecting the Civil War in China, 1853.
(b) Correspondence respecting the Attach on Foreign Settlement at Shanghai, 1854.
(c) Papers relating to the Opium Trade in China, 1842-1856. Little or nothing on the Taiping rebellion.
