The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)

Research Paper # 59735

History > Asian
History > Religion

A look at Hung Hsiu-ch'uan's ideological origins and impact on China.

4,200 words () | 7 sources | MLA | 2004 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes the origins and impact of the Taiping Rebellion on modern China. The paper focuses on the leader of the Taiping Rebellion, the development of his ideology, and the lasting effect the Taiping Rebellion had on the Chinese. It explains that the Taiping Rebellion aimed not merely to overthrow a dynasty, but to effect great societal changes among China's people.

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"The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) made a major impact on the history of modern China. Hung Hsiu-ch'uan brought about the conceptual framework that would become the focus for the mobilization of the uprising. Hung's ideals attacked not only the dynastic rule itself, bringing a general governmental upheaval to the Ching Dynasty from which it would never fully recover, but the "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace" challenged China's very social system as well. To understand the Taiping Ideology one must look not only to the historical and societal framework, but, to its sources of origin as well."

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The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-The-Taiping-Rebellion-1850-1864/59735

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"The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-The-Taiping-Rebellion-1850-1864/59735>