The Taiping Tien Kuo were classified as a cult because they lost
the war.
When you lose, the victors will pen history and call you by various
names.
: pirates, bandits, rebels, etc
Had they won, the Taipings will be called Army of God , saviours if
china, etc
It was the Taipings who inspired the communists, as some authors
claimed, because they were the first to outlaw foot-binding, opium
smoking, and promote equality of the sexes in China........
