Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Rebellion

Taiping rebellion was a cruel and merciless war lasted for 14 years during the middle of the 18th century of China. The leader Hong Xiuquan was the son of a farmer and desiring success under the ruling of Qing. However, he eventually decided to fight against Qing imperial force after four times of failure in the imperial civil examination. He dreamed that he is the son of God and came the under the influence of Christian missionaries. He believed that his destiny is to save the people from Qing’s ruling. Based on the Christian belief, Hong started his rebellion to announce the founding of Taiping tianguo, which means that heavenly kingdom of peace. During the wartime, he influenced a large scale of Southern part of China from Guangzhou to Guangxi, and finally, fixes the site in NanJing for the capital. Under the authority of Taiping rebels, the whole country underwent a long period of political unrest and social breakdown. The most brutal collateral influence of war is the cannibalism in Jiangnan regions. On the other hand, the contribution of Taiping rebellion is that it opened up a new …show more content…
People showed their disrespect to the decease and they sealed the corpses on market. However, an in-depth analysis could tell the two reasons. One is the political affliction and anther one is Taiping rebellion that challenged the morality of public. There is not telling who is right or wrong in this part of history. There is a very important thing lacked in that society; people have not had Renlun anymore. While facing the conflict of interest and loyalties, people chose to turn all the concerns back because they could not even feed themselves. The war is material war is not horrible; however, the people’s moral war was quietly started. The moral challenge for publics, rebels, and Qing force. This war influenced the political pattern and revolution of further