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Hong Xiuquan (1814-1864) was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion in China. After reportedly experiencing visions, Hong came to believe he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ and began preaching a syncretic form of Christianity mixed with Chinese philosophical elements. In 1851, he established th...
The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale civil war in Qing China that lasted from 1850 to 1864. It was led by Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus, and established the religiously inspired Taiping Heavenly Kingdom across parts of southern and central China. The Qing government...
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Massive challenge to Qing authority but extraordinarily destructive, millenarian, and destabilizing; consensus emphasizes catastrophic human cost.
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