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The Taiping Ideology
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Author : Vincent Yu-chung Shih
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 1972
The Taiping Ideology written by Vincent Yu-chung Shih and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with History categories.
Professor Shih's philosophically oriented study...brilliantly transcends the many limitations of prior inquiries. In three tightly knit sections, Mr. Shih explores the principal elements of Taiping ideology, probes its underlying historical and cultural roots, and evaluates the numerous interpretations adduced since the upheavel itself...More original research and groundbreaking scholarship are reflected in each chapter of this book than in most complete volumes of comparable scope.
The Taiping Ideology
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Author : Youzhong Shi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Taiping Ideology written by Youzhong Shi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with China categories.
Christian Influence Upon The Ideology Of The Taiping Rebellion 1851 1864
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Author : Eugene Powers Boardman
language : en
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
Release Date : 1972
Christian Influence Upon The Ideology Of The Taiping Rebellion 1851 1864 written by Eugene Powers Boardman and has been published by Octagon Press, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with History categories.
The Taiping Ideology
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Author : Vincent Y. C.. Shih
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Taiping Ideology written by Vincent Y. C.. Shih and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with China categories.
New Light On The History Of The Taiping Rebellion
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Author : Ssu-yü Teng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
New Light On The History Of The Taiping Rebellion written by Ssu-yü Teng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with China categories.
The Taiping Revolution
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Author : Robert Hsiang Teng Lin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
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The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
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Author : Thomas H. Reilly
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom written by Thomas H. Reilly and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with History categories.
Occupying much of imperial China’s Yangzi River heartland and costing more than twenty million lives, the Taiping Rebellion (1851-64) was no ordinary peasant revolt. What most distinguished this dramatic upheaval from earlier rebellions were the spiritual beliefs of the rebels. The core of the Taiping faith focused on the belief that Shangdi, the high God of classical China, had chosen the Taiping leader, Hong Xiuquan, to establish his Heavenly Kingdom on Earth. How were the Taiping rebels, professing this new creed, able to mount their rebellion and recruit multitudes of followers in their sweep through the empire? Thomas Reilly argues that the Taiping faith, although kindled by Protestant sources, developed into a dynamic new Chinese religion whose conception of its sovereign deity challenged the legitimacy of the Chinese empire. The Taiping rebels denounced the divine pretensions of the imperial title and the sacred character of the imperial office as blasphemous usurpations of Shangdi’s title and position. In place of the imperial institution, the rebels called for restoration of the classical system of kingship. Previous rebellions had declared their contemporary dynasties corrupt and therefore in need of revival; the Taiping, by contrast, branded the entire imperial order blasphemous and in need of replacement. In this study, Reilly emphasizes the Christian elements of the Taiping faith, showing how Protestant missionaries built on earlier Catholic efforts to translate Christianity into a Chinese idiom. Prior studies of the rebellion have failed to appreciate how Hong Xiuquan’s interpretation of Christianity connected the Taiping faith to an imperial Chinese cultural and religious context. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom shows how the Bible--in particular, a Chinese translation of the Old Testament--profoundly influenced Hong and his followers, leading them to understand the first three of the Ten Commandments as an indictment of the imperial order. The rebels thus sought to destroy imperial culture along with its institutions and Confucian underpinnings, all of which they regarded as blasphemous. Strongly iconoclastic, the Taiping followers smashed religious statues and imperially approved icons throughout the lands they conquered. By such actions the Taiping Rebellion transformed--at least for its followers but to some extent for all Chinese--how Chinese people thought about religion, the imperial title and office, and the entire traditional imperial and Confucian order. This book makes a major contribution to the study of the Taiping Rebellion and to our understanding of the ideology of both the rebels and the traditional imperial order they opposed. It will appeal to scholars in the fields of Chinese history, religion, and culture and of Christian theology and church history.
Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom
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Author : Stephen R. Platt
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2012-02-07
Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom written by Stephen R. Platt and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-07 with History categories.
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, when word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces, led by a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and brother of Jesus. The Taiping rebels drew their power from the poor and the disenfranchised, unleashing the ethnic rage of millions of Chinese against their Manchu rulers. This homegrown movement seemed all but unstoppable until Britain and the United States stepped in and threw their support behind the Manchus: after years of massive carnage, all opposition to Qing rule was effectively snuffed out for generations. Stephen R. Platt recounts these events in spellbinding detail, building his story on two fascinating characters with opposing visions for China’s future: the conservative Confucian scholar Zeng Guofan, an accidental general who emerged as the most influential military strategist in China’s modern history; and Hong Rengan, a brilliant Taiping leader whose grand vision of building a modern, industrial, and pro-Western Chinese state ended in tragic failure. This is an essential and enthralling history of the rise and fall of the movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China on an entirely different path into the modern world.
Taiping Rebellion
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Author : Kelly Mass
language : en
Publisher: Efalon Acies
Release Date :
Taiping Rebellion written by Kelly Mass and has been published by Efalon Acies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
The Taiping Rebellion, alternatively termed the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, unfolded in China pitting the Manchu Qing dynasty against the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Spanning from 1850 to 1864, its echoes reverberated beyond, with the final rebel faction quelled only in August 1871, post the fall of Tianjing. The uprising sparked subsequent revolts, notably the ephemeral Heavenly Kingdom of the Great Mingshun in 1903, directly influenced by the Taiping. Despite the victory of the established Qing regime, it came at a staggering cost, both financially and politically, navigating through one of history's deadliest civil conflicts, which claimed an estimated 20 to 30 million lives. At the helm of the rebellion stood Hong Xiuquan, an ethnic Hakka, who proclaimed himself the sibling of Jesus Christ. His ambitions were multifaceted, blending theological, nationalist, and political aspirations. Hong's vision extended beyond religious conversion; he aimed to dismantle the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty and engineer a radical overhaul of the nation's structure. Rather than merely targeting the ruling class, the Taipings sought to dismantle China's societal and ethical framework. Erecting the Heavenly Kingdom with Tianjing (now Nanjing) as its nucleus, they commanded sway over vast swathes of southern China, eventually encompassing a populace nearing 30 million.
Resistance Chaos And Control In China
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Author : Robert Paul Weller
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1994-06-18
Resistance Chaos And Control In China written by Robert Paul Weller and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-06-18 with Political Science categories.
Compares those active resistance movements which burst into public view in China and "cultural resistance", which instead lies unspoken in everyday action. This book argues that certain areas of life defuse attempts at cultural domination by resisting and dissolving all unified interpretation.