He wanted to go into government service. Hong Xiuquan studies with Rev.Roberts in Canton, then travels to Guangxi to visit Feng Yunshun, robbed on the way, but still makes it to Thistle Mt. The Venerable in Years gave Hong a sword and told him to destroy the demon-worshipers who had rebelled against the Venerable in Years. Most of them were civilians. The character for 天 also uses an uncommon variant. This is different from the more common variants 國 and 国. Soon Qing forces take it and he disappears, Lai Wenkwok  tries to revive Taiping movement with Nian rebels, captured and executed, The last remaining Taiping army, under the command of General Li Fuzhong (李福忠) is defeated. Hong established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (太平天囯). He established the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace with capital Nanjing and attained control of significant parts of southern China, at its height ruling over about 30 million people. Treaty of Nanking China opened more to opium trafficing and missionaries, Hong rereads the Christian tracts  Liang Afa gave him in 1833, becomes convinced they explain his visions of 1836 and he has a divine mission, fails exam again and becomes angry at the whole system, determines not to study for exams any more, Hong converts Hong Rengan and Feng Yunshan, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshun leave for Guangxi. [2] Hong left them and decided to make his own cult. Massive Huang He Flooding starts Nian Rebellion. Aug, Taipings decide to breakout of the thistle Mt area. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). Charles George Gordon Most of them were civilians. Qing Dynasty Zeng Guofan This was the variant used by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in its name. This showed that they were in rebellion to the Manchu. Jan 1 Battle of Jintian, Qing forces are defeated with . It was led by Hong Xiuquan. The Taiping Rebellion, which is also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in China from 1850 to 1864 between the established Qing dynasty and the theocratic Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It was led by Hong Xiuquan. By 1851 he had a ten-thousand-man army. With the help of the Venerable in Years's son, Hong saw himself doing battle against the demon forces. In a fever, he saw himself in the "Thirty-third Heaven". Yang Xiuqing, a Hakka charcoal maker becomes voice of God the Father when in a trance state, Hong accepts this. Shi Dakai † TaipingRebellion.com 太平天囯 Tai Ping Tian Guo, Enter your search terms Submit search form. Xiao Chaogui, a Hakka farmer, becomes the voice of Jesus, Hong Xiuquan returns home, learns his father had died. Troops were nicknamed the Long hair (長毛, cháng máo). Issachar roberts in Canton. Hong offered equality between men and women as well as reform to th… It was conducted from 1850 to 1864 by an army and civil administration led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan. [3] Yang claimed to be able to act as a voice of God, to direct the people and gain political power.[3]. The Taipings were also able to make great progress in the interior as the Manchus concentrated most of their forces against the invading British and French during the second Opium War of 1856-60 . Taiping Rebellion, radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. For this reason, the Chinese authorities were always suspicious and alert for the development of any group that challenged traditional beliefs in family and state. Hong converts around 100 in the Sigu village area of Guangxi, returns to his village in Guangdong. It was conducted from 1850 to 1864 by an army and civil administration led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan (洪秀全) [1 Jan 1814 - 1 Jun 1864)] was the leader of the Taipings 太平 (transliterated as ‘Great Leveling’ or ‘Great Peace’) with a mixture of Chinese; Christian and European ideas. Named after Jintian (present-day Guiping, Guangxi), where it took place, it was the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion. [source?] The Taiping Rebellion was a civil war in southern China waged against the ruling Manchu Qing dynasty.Led by Hong Xiuquan, it is estimated that at least 20 million people died, mainly civilians, in one of the deadliest military conflicts in history. The Taiping Rebellion – BBC discussion with Rana Mitter, University of Oxford; Frances Wood British Library; and Julia Lovell, University of London. Allows his hair in front to grow, which is required by Manchus for morning,returns to Thistle Mt, God worshipers on Thistle Mt form an army, Dec. local militia start looking for leaders of the God Worshippers, Fighting breaks out between the Hakkas and Bendi (natives) of Kwangxi, many join the Taipings for protection, Taiping forces now at an estimated 10,000 with Triad allies, Jan 1 Battle of Jintian, Qing  forces are defeated with, Massive Huang He Flooding starts Nian Rebellion, Jan 11 Hong Xiuquan declares the Heavenly Kingdom, Aug, Taipings decide to breakout of the thistle Mt area, Taipings beiege Guilin 33 days, but unable to take it. The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. Hong established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (太平天囯). Hong Xiuquan came across Christian missionaries and the Bible at an early age in Guangdong. He felt that he had met with God and that God had chosen him for a son/prophet/messiah. Qing Dynasty Sengge Rinchen note that the uncommon variant character 囯 is used. After an illness he had a vision in which he believed himself divinely inspired. He studied hard and would probably have passed the government tests. It was a millenarian movement led by Hong Xiuquan, who announced that he had received visions in which he learned that he was the younger brother of Jesus. [2], Nimade wanted to know more about Christianity. The rebels cut off their pigtails and made their hair loose. The Taiping Rebellion referred to as the Tai Ping Tian Guo in Chinese 太平天囯 ( 太 Tai-'Great' ,平 Ping - 'Peace', 天 Tian-"Heaven', 囯 Guo-'Country or Kingdom' ) the 'Kingdom of Heavenly Peace', was one of the bloodiest civil wars in history between the Qing Dynasty and the Chinese 'Christian' rebels, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全 ( old spelling Hung Hsiu-ch'uan ) a village teacher and …