In the 1800s, a poor man from China failed the civil service exam. He fell ill and had the time to read a Christian Pamphlet and hallucinated that he was Jesus’ Chinese brother. He then led a cult that conquered much of Southern China and crowned himself as the King.
![A sketch of Hong Xiuquan](http://museumfacts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2-17-264x300.jpg)