Refine the good that you may turn to Heaven. Gather the younger ones and tell them what is wrong and right. By obliging and avoid a high display. With careful diligence cultivate the upright, And mind and keep the Ten Heavenly Commandments. If hens crow in the morning, There will be self-sought misery for the family.
Many revolutionary groups place a great deal of emphasis on the education of the youth.
Many of the policies of the Taipings were similar to those carried out by the Communist government in China after 1949. Make a list of policies suggested in the first document and compare them with a list you will m ake of Communist policies. The Chinese state was so vast and the government's control over its dominions so stretched out that local uprisings were always a problem. The nineteenth century saw an enormous increase in the number of uprisings and they posed a serious challenge to a state weakened by demographic disasters and foreign encroachment. Politics, society, and economic life were all disrupted.