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Taiping Rebellion
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The Taiping Rebellion wis a massive ceevil war in soothren Cheenae frae 1850 tae 1864, against the rulin Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. It wis a millenarian movement led bi Hong Xiuquan, who annoonced that he haed received veesions in which he learned that he wis the younger brither o Jesus. At least 20 million fowk died, mainly ceevilians, in ane o the deidliest militar conflicts in history.[4]
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![]() Taiping cannonade against the Qing war-junks besieging the Heavenly Kinrick caipital | |||||||
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Taiping Heivenly Kinrick | |||||||
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Strenth | |||||||
1,100,000+[1] | 500,000[2] | ||||||
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Tot dead: At least 20 million, includin ceevilians an soldiers (best estimate).[3] |
Hong established the Taiping Heivenly Kinrick wi its caipital at Nanjing. The Kinrick's airmy controlled lairge pairts o soothren Cheenae, at its hicht rulin aboot 30 million fowk. The rebel agenda included social reforms such as shared "property in common," equality for weemen, an the replacement o Confucianism, Buddhism an Cheenese folk releegion wi thair furm o Christianity. Acause o thair refusal tae wear the queue, Taiping truips wur nicknamed "Langhairs" (simplifeed Cheenese: 长毛; traditeeonal Cheenese: 長毛; pinyin: Chángmáo) bi the Qing govrenment, which besieged the Taiping airmies throughoot the rebellion. The Qing govrenment eventually crushed the rebellion wi the aid o French an Breetish forces.
In the 20t century, Sun Yat-sen, foonder o the Cheenese Naitionalist Pairty, leuked on the rebellion as an inspiration, an Cheenese leader Mao Zedong glorified the Taiping rebels as early heroic revolutionaries against a corrupt feudal seestem.[5]