Feng Yunshan

Feng Yunshan 馮雲山
South King (南王)
South King of the Heavenly Kingdom self-proclaimed
Reign	1851–1852
Successor	Xiao Youfu
Heavenly King	Hong Xiuquan
Born	1815 Hua County, Guangdong, Qing China (present-day Huadu District, Guangzhou)
Died	June 10, 1852 Quanzhou County, Guangxi
Regnal name 真天命太平天囯天朝九門御林雲師前導副軍師殿後軍南王七千歲
Religion	God Worshipping Society
Military career
Allegiance	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Battles / wars	Taiping Rebellion Jintian uprising

Feng Yunshan (simplified Chinese: 冯云山; traditional Chinese: 馮雲山; pinyin: Féng Yúnshān; Jyutping: Fung4 Wan4 Saan1; 1815 – June 10, 1852) was the South King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a distant cousin^[1] and early accomplice of Hong Xiuquan, and an important leader during the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing government. He was one of the first Taipings to be baptized and established the first group of God Worshippers during the 1840s. He was killed during the initial stages of the rebellion, prior to the establishment of the Taiping's capital of Tianjing at Nanjing.