Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-25
"A. Chinaman in .CIina-A CuriOus
IA aROOlk--Tlnes Taenine Rebellion. |

Is An educated IChinaman, named Lin-Le,
has written book on the Tapping rebel
: lion, in China, which is published in Lon
don by Day e Co., under the title of "Ii-
+ Ping Tien-Kwoh, the history of the III
s Ping Revolution" Lin-Le was a rebel
. and he declares that his work has been in
accordance with, instructions from the
!. Taeping leaders, who desire to present the
-ofaet of their rising in such a form as to win
English sympathies, and correet "the evil
: foreign policy of the British Govern
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- Among the curious passages in this book
9 is an. account of the Tapping leader Hung
= sintsbuen-who o is represented ,as having
been toreordained to perform great work.
Dreams, visions and voices. of angels or
fiends came toIhim early, to the mysti ficar
tionaof his father and relatives, While
sick, as his mind was wandering, he used
to run ABOUT his room, 1eaping aid 6ghtin
like a soldier engaged in battle. His con-
/, slant cry was t'sTsap-jan, tsan-ian, tson-ah,
tsop-ah! Slay the demons, slaY the demons,
) sslay, sIay; there is one, and there is anoth1
ere Many, many can not withstand lone
: single blow of my swordp'g Sin7tshuen's 3
father appealed TO the magicians to cure
This son of such distemper, but in vain.
? The youth was destined for. q, wonderful
= career and had to pass through a prepara-
tion of befitting kind E''The visions,
marvellous as they were, and deeply signifi-
cant upon many important points, says
Z iLin.Le, "could never have led to any earth
ly result but through some earthly key!''
The key was found in Sin-tshuen's CONVEX
sion to Christianity, aud 10 the conviction
that came to him 'sthat he was appointed
by divine authority to restore the world
that is, China-to the worship of the true
God. Lin-Le adds: - - =
Il. "The small volumes, Good Words for
Exhorting the Age that have exercised
such wonderful effect upon great pro-
portion of the Chinese, through the indi-
Vidual acts of Hung -tshaen, were the
production of Li-ang Allah, one of DR..
Mines Chinese converts. Consequently it
may be argued that contact with Europe
ans has been instrumental in producing the
great Taeping revolution, and that to DIR.
Milne and his convert, Liang-Alah, may be
attributed the homer of being agents in
converting Hun-sin-tshuen, and in orignat-
ing the first Christian movement in modern
Asia" The personal adventures narrated
in the book are amusing, and some of the
customs have peculiar freshness because
they are the record of native observation
We give Lin-Le's account of fla.-rg2
-r.8rr -aI t.f CHINESE WOMEN. ''-t Ha. le
"The tanka (boat) girls, lead an almost
entirely acquatic life, and are actually born
live and die on board their floating homes
Their time seems to be fully occupied in
rowing, or sculling with large oar over
stern of the boat; and the incessant labor
makes them strong and well figured. Unit
married, it cannot be said they are para
gons of either virtue or modesty-; but Whe1
married, or betrothed-that is to say
bought by long tailed Benedict-they, a
all events, seem far less amiable toward tht
exiled Fam -Kwei foreign devi) as in com
mon with most Chinese, they politely desig
nate all foreigners, The personal charms o
these first seen of the Chinese fair sex ar,
by no means so contemplate as European
generally imagine. Their long and in.
tensely black hair, brilliant and merry
though Oblique, black eyes, light yellowisl
brown, and often beautifully clear com
plexion, and 1.-the, robust figures, consti
| tute charming and singular variety o
feminine attraction. They are a gay
Fthoughtless set. those boat girls. Unt0r
| Itunately, to mar what would otherwis
often be very handsome face, many o
them have the f1attish nose typical o
South China, though the high and NOR
European formed one is by no means un
common. through constant exposure to tn
sun, they are mostly tanned to gipse.
hue, and wicked little gipsies they ottel
are, especially when making a youn!
/ greenhorn, fresh from his mamma, in Eng
land, pay six times the proper fare. Tn
tanka girls are tree in all things uncon
nected with their work but, as many ar
Il purchased by aged individuals, owners @
boats, they are slaves in so far as their oc
cupation is concerned. Very different it
with their unfortunate sisters, the slaves G
the washerwomen, who are bought whe
quite Young; and trained to an evil life. 9 =