The Taiping Rebellion was essentially an uprising against the ruling Qing dynasty led by Hong Xiuquan, the self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ. He had established the Taiping Heavenly ...

The Taiping Rebellion was mostly a revolt by poor rural peasants against their landlords and the rich; inspired by the religious pamphlets of an American missionary. Hong, the leader, spent years ...

The Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 1864 ... The leader of the uprising, Hong Xiuquan, was a man from the south of China who had failed the exams to become an official. After suffering a nervous ...