China: Its History, Arts, and Literature/Volume 3/Chapter 6
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The Watch Tower in Examination Grounds.
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Furnace for Burning Paper in Examination Grounds.
Note 8.—For a minute and excellent account of these things, see Smith's "Village Life in China."
Note 9.—The taking of this oath is a favourite subject with Chinese artists.
Note 10.—Vide "Triad Society," by Mr. William Stanton.
Note 11.—One of these proclamations, in which the five principal Taiping leaders have ranks bestowed on them, says (Medhurst's translation): "Besides the great God, our heavenly Father and supreme Lord, there is no one who can be called Shang and no one who can be called Ti. Therefore from henceforth all you soldiers and officers may designate me as Your lord, and that is all; you must not call me supreme lest you should encroach upon the designation of our Heavenly Father. . . . Our Heavenly Father and Celestial Elder Brother alone are holy; therefore from henceforth you must not call me holy," etc. This seems to contradict effectually the assertion of Mr. Holmes, the Baptist missionary, that the Taiping leader claimed and received worship as a god from his followers.