Taiping Rebellion

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.

Taiping Rebellion
Taiping cannonade against the Qing war-junks besieging the Heavenly Kinrick caipital
Date December 1850 – August 1864 Location Soothren Cheenae Result Qing Dynasty victory Faw o the Taiping Heivenly Kinrick Weakenin o the Qing Dynasty
Belligerents
Qing Dynasty Later stages: Fraunce Unitit Kinrick United States	Taiping Heivenly Kinrick
Commanders an leaders
Xianfeng Emperor Empress Dowager Cixi Zeng Guofan Sengge Rinchen Guanwen Zuo Zongtang Auguste Protet † Charles George Gordon Frederick T. Ward (mercenary) † Henry Andres Burgevine (mercenary) †	Hong Xiuquan Yang Xiuqing Xiao Chaogui † Feng Yunshan † Wei Changhui Shi Dakai † Li Xiucheng †
Strenth
1,100,000+	500,000
Casualties an losses
Tot dead: At least 20 million, includin ceevilians an soldiers (best estimate).

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.

Freemit airtins

• Taiping Rebellion.com Narrative history, wi mony illustrations, a Timeline, an a detailed Cairt o the Rebellion.
• The Land Seestem o the Heivenly Kinrick Document of 1853. (Cheenese Cultural Studies Brooklyn College)
• The Taiping Rebellion [BBC] Discussion wi Rana Mitter, Varsity o Oxford; Frances Wood Breetish Librar; an Julia Lovell, Varsity o Lunnon.