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&#;HUNG Hsiu-ch'üan 洪秀全 (T.&#;仁珅), , June, leader of the Taiping Rebellion, was a native of Hua-hsien, Kwangtung, the third son of a poor Hakka 客家 family.

His childhood name was Huo-hsiu 火秀, his grandfather was known as Hung Kuo-yu 洪國游 and his father as Hung Ching-yang 洪鏡揚 (d. , age 73 sui). Early in life he showed aptitude for study, and through the combined efforts of his family was able to spend his youth in school.

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Later he was forced by poverty to earn a living as a teacher, competing at intervals in the official examinations without success. During the provincial examination at Canton in a set of nine Christian tracts came into his hands, but he did not then examine them with care.

In he again competed in the examinations at Canton and again failed. For years his relatives had been confidently expecting him to secure a degree and obtain official appointment, hoping by this means to improve the family's circumstances.