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havn't seen anyone making articles on this event yet, so here it goes:
Taiping Tianguo, or translated into English "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace", is started with the Rebellion of Jintian, in the southeastern part of China. In the Opium War with the English, the Qing dynasty has lost great amounts of money and military units, after that, people everywhere began to rebell against Qing. The Jintian Rebellion, led by Hong Xiuquan, is one of them.
Hong Xiuquan is a teacher, whose parents are both farmers. He also started a Christ-worshipping religion after receiving a book from a missionary. He later on became a missionary, too. He preached from town to town and soon more and more people joined this religion.
He also noticed the deterioration and weakening of the Qing, so he planned to rebell against the Qing on his birthday, January 11th, 1851. This was the Jintian Rebellion.
Soon they started a country of theirown, named Taiping Tianguo, after the capture of Yong'An, there Hong Xiuquan became the Heavenly King, and Yang Xiuqing as the Eastern King, Xiao Chaogui as the Western King, Feng Yunshan as the Southern King, Wei Chang'hui as the Northern King, and Shi Dakai as the Yi King.
In the spring of 1852, they started their conquest to the north, in the battles, Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan died. Soon, they captured Nanking, changed its name to Tianjing and became their capital.
After that, they they passed their first law, which supports equality among people, which was the main subject of the law. It also supported the equality among men and women, opposed polygamy, and supports women to run for office and join the army.
In 1853, Taiping Tianguo started the Northern Conquest and the Western Conquest. The Norther Conquest, led by Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, battled all the way to the capital Peking and Tientsin. But lost to the Qing army.
The Western Conquest led by Shi Dakai, went successfully to conquor the western territories, also won the battles against Zeng Guofan, who represents the Qing and led the powerful Xiang army. Taiping Tianguo expanded its border, and it became Taiping Tianguo's most powerful period.
After that, it's downhill for Taiping Tianguo. The second-most powerful king, Yang Xiuqing, wants to replace Hong Xiuquan, one day, he pretends to be the rebirth of Christ, and announced Christ's command to replace Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan of course agreed, and since then there was hatred between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing.
The Northern King, Wei Chang'Hui also wants to replace Hong Xiuquan, one night, he killed Yang Xiuqing and his family. He also wants to kill Shi Dakai, but he wasn't in the capital at that time, so he killed Shi Dakai's family.
Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing, and Wei Chang'hui was executed.
After the killing between the kings, Hong Xiuquan doesn't trust anyone anymore. When Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing, he gave the Eastern King title to him, but wants his own brothers to replace him. Shi Dakai is unsatisfied with Hong Xiuquan, so he left for the southern territories. In 1863, he and his army was captured by Qing armies, he was later killed.
Then there was no one left in the government beside Hong Xiuquan, to prevent the threats from Qing, he called for two young generals, Chen Yucheng, as the Ying King, and Li Xiucheng, as the Zhong King. They continued on battling with the Qing.
Later the Qing and the Americans joined together to destroy Taiping Tianguo, Zeng Guofan's Xiang army and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army also joined in. Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng were both captured later and killed.
In the June of 1864, Hong Xiuquan died, soon Tianjing was captured and Taiping Tianguo was destroyed.
Taiping Tianguo continued for 14 years, expanded to 18 provinces, is the largest revolt in the history of China.
Taiping Tianguo, or translated into English "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace", is started with the Rebellion of Jintian, in the southeastern part of China. In the Opium War with the English, the Qing dynasty has lost great amounts of money and military units, after that, people everywhere began to rebell against Qing. The Jintian Rebellion, led by Hong Xiuquan, is one of them.
Hong Xiuquan is a teacher, whose parents are both farmers. He also started a Christ-worshipping religion after receiving a book from a missionary. He later on became a missionary, too. He preached from town to town and soon more and more people joined this religion.
He also noticed the deterioration and weakening of the Qing, so he planned to rebell against the Qing on his birthday, January 11th, 1851. This was the Jintian Rebellion.
Soon they started a country of theirown, named Taiping Tianguo, after the capture of Yong'An, there Hong Xiuquan became the Heavenly King, and Yang Xiuqing as the Eastern King, Xiao Chaogui as the Western King, Feng Yunshan as the Southern King, Wei Chang'hui as the Northern King, and Shi Dakai as the Yi King.
In the spring of 1852, they started their conquest to the north, in the battles, Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan died. Soon, they captured Nanking, changed its name to Tianjing and became their capital.
After that, they they passed their first law, which supports equality among people, which was the main subject of the law. It also supported the equality among men and women, opposed polygamy, and supports women to run for office and join the army.
In 1853, Taiping Tianguo started the Northern Conquest and the Western Conquest. The Norther Conquest, led by Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, battled all the way to the capital Peking and Tientsin. But lost to the Qing army.
The Western Conquest led by Shi Dakai, went successfully to conquor the western territories, also won the battles against Zeng Guofan, who represents the Qing and led the powerful Xiang army. Taiping Tianguo expanded its border, and it became Taiping Tianguo's most powerful period.
After that, it's downhill for Taiping Tianguo. The second-most powerful king, Yang Xiuqing, wants to replace Hong Xiuquan, one day, he pretends to be the rebirth of Christ, and announced Christ's command to replace Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan of course agreed, and since then there was hatred between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing.
The Northern King, Wei Chang'Hui also wants to replace Hong Xiuquan, one night, he killed Yang Xiuqing and his family. He also wants to kill Shi Dakai, but he wasn't in the capital at that time, so he killed Shi Dakai's family.
Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing, and Wei Chang'hui was executed.
After the killing between the kings, Hong Xiuquan doesn't trust anyone anymore. When Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing, he gave the Eastern King title to him, but wants his own brothers to replace him. Shi Dakai is unsatisfied with Hong Xiuquan, so he left for the southern territories. In 1863, he and his army was captured by Qing armies, he was later killed.
Then there was no one left in the government beside Hong Xiuquan, to prevent the threats from Qing, he called for two young generals, Chen Yucheng, as the Ying King, and Li Xiucheng, as the Zhong King. They continued on battling with the Qing.
Later the Qing and the Americans joined together to destroy Taiping Tianguo, Zeng Guofan's Xiang army and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army also joined in. Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng were both captured later and killed.
In the June of 1864, Hong Xiuquan died, soon Tianjing was captured and Taiping Tianguo was destroyed.
Taiping Tianguo continued for 14 years, expanded to 18 provinces, is the largest revolt in the history of China.
