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#336 - Taiping 13: The Order of Caps and Shoes

The History of China by Chris Stewart

Jul 7, 202642:02Society & Culture

Zeng Guofan goes to war to defend a fixed universe – and nearly drowns proving how unfixed his own place in it actually is. Across a single year, Hunan's most unlikely general brutally finds out that he is indeed no warr...

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#336 - Taiping 13: The Order of Caps and Shoes is an episode from The History of China by Chris Stewart. Zeng Guofan goes to war to defend a fixed universe – and nearly drowns proving how unfixed his own place in it actually is. Across a si...

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Published Jul 7, 2026, 42:02 long, audio available.