at least internally. Rebellion, it seemed, was out of the question. Besides which, it was believed that the emperor had aTianming, a “Heavenly Mandate,” which would be taken away by heaven if
The empire also had to deal with a rebellion in the southwest of China. This began as a local mining dispute between the Muslim Hui and the Han Chinese in Yunan province but turned into a full-scale rebellion after Qing troops turned on and massacred the Hui Muslims. In 1856, an independ...
What caused the Taiping Rebellion? Emperor Xianfeng: Yizhu was born on July 17, 1831 in Beijing, China, and he was the fourth son of Emperor Daoguang. Because of his intelligent pursuits of literature and the arts, Daoguang chose Yizhu to be his successor, and at the age of 19, Yizh...
was born in the second year of the reign of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (ie. 1574). He lived in a small village named Xiaoliu Village, several kilometers from Zhaobao Town. When he was 22 years old and competed with others, he happened to be noticed by an old man (Wandering Daoist)...
Whilst he was always moving around Guangdong for Tiandi Hui and trade activities, he had a few key locations of influence during the latter part of his life. After the rebellion, in the 1770’s together with Tiandihui colleagues Xingyin, they settled at Haizhuang Temple (海幢寺). In 1790...
In this first of two episodes dedicated to the Genpei War, we’ll tackle one of the most important works in Japanese literature, Buddhist impermanence, the 1156 Hogen Rebellion, the 1160 Heiji Rebellion, revenge, exorcisms, the rise of the Taira family, emperors struggling with loss of power...
Why did the Taiping Rebellion happen? Taiping Rebellion: The Taiping rebellion was one of the largest internal revolts in modern world history. It lasted some fourteen years (1850-1864) and was one of the major reasons for the fall of the Qing dynasty. An army of commoners marched across ...
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During the uprising of Hung Xiuquan, the Tiandi Hui/Hong Men societies also supported the Taiping Rebellion as well. After more than 300 years of secret activities, the end of the society (in its original form) did not come until the time of Sun Yat Sen, as the members decided that to...