Taiping Rebellion by Jin-Young (Aiden) Lee https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf en-us 2022-12-01 00:43:02 UTC 2025-10-23 16:01:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 1837 - The Man in the Wilderness bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386428 The Chinese civil service entrance exam was a failure for Hong Xiuquan. When he finally recovers from his collapse, China will never be the same.]]> 2022-12-01 00:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386428 1827 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386509 The Hong travelled to Guangzhou to sit for his first exam after years of preparation. At the time, passing the exam was the only way to advance socially.]]> 2022-12-01 00:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386509 1837 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386548 Hong traveled back to Guangzhou to sit for the third exam. His mental breakdown after failing the third time was so severe that it caused him to fall into a coma.]]> 2022-12-01 00:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386548 1843 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386694 Hong was only one of the millions of Chinese people who learned about the Bible for the first time that year. People will therefore be ready to believe in the Christian God in a way they simply weren't previously when Hong begins telling random villages that he is the son of God in a few moments.

]]> 2022-12-01 00:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386694 1847 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386963 The two had a falling out over Hong's rejection of Christian notions of forgiveness and emphasis on his own divinity. He had studied under the American evangelist I.J. Roberts. Soon after, Hong went back to Guangxi and became Feng's militia commander. They explored the countryside together as they polished their message. Their rage increased as they continued to move forward.]]> 2022-12-01 00:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404386963 1850 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404387091 Government troops attacked a God Worshippers’ militia.]]> 2022-12-01 00:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404387091 January, 1851 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404419560 Government troops attacked Hong’s followers in the city of Jintian.]]> 2022-12-01 01:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404419560 By 1851 January 11, bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404421848 Jintian was overrun by the government troops. The city fell to the God Worshippers.]]> 2022-12-01 01:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404421848 1852 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404425360 The rebels plowed across the countryside with great speed. Legendary armies of the Qing dispersed before them. Cities and towns fell without a struggle.]]> 2022-12-01 01:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404425360 March, 1853 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404429837 The Taiping were moving closer to Nanjing. Hong's forces weeded out the Manchus and had them burned alive as civilians attempted to evacuate the city. Nanjing was forewarned of what was to come by the flames that flickered upward from their melting flesh.]]> 2022-12-01 01:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404429837 1853, March 10 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404431217 Finally, the city was entered by Hong's forces. Hong proclaimed Nanjing the new capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and himself the legitimate ruler of China as he was escorted in by sixteen bearers on a yellow silk chair. During this conflict, Feng passed away.]]> 2022-12-01 01:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404431217 1855 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404439972 Yang was beginning to question Hong's dominance.
The minister was now alleging that he had covertly established his own power base within the Taiping army. The Heavenly King himself was just a fraud, and God was communicating through him and not Hong.]]> 2022-12-01 01:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404439972 1855 September 2 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404440979 Yang was to be wiped out by Hong's edict to Wei Changhui, the King of the West. Wei massacred all of Yang's supporters in Nanjing over the course of two brutal months. Family members of the Yangs, as well as soldiers and bystanders, were all slaughtered in the never-ending bloodbath.]]> 2022-12-01 01:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404440979 After bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404441666 Yes, Wei was turning Nanjing into a slaughterhouse when the French decided to start the Second Opium War, which was incredibly unfortunate timing. The Qing were nearly at breaking point rather than seizing the opportunity.]]> 2022-12-01 01:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404441666 1861 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404443492 After the First Opium War, Shanghai became a crucial new commerce port, and the Taiping troops attempted to capture it. Although the Taiping's assault was unsuccessful, it succeeded in persuading the British and Americans that action needed to be taken. Just as the official Qing army was establishing contact with the New Armies, they started arming and training the Qing forces. The revived Qing were prepared to give the Heavenly Kingdom hell in no time. And they gave them Hell.]]> 2022-12-01 01:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404443492 1861 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404444987 It burned in southern China for a full two years. As they moved across the countryside, the New Armies committed rape and plunder. There was a severe famine because the Qing and Taiping destroyed so many crops. Peasant rebellions occurred. Plagues. destruction of property on a large scale. Over 600 cities allegedly disappeared from the map.]]> 2022-12-01 01:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404444987 1864 May bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404446458 The population of the Taiping rebel stronghold, which was completely cut off, was starving. The Qing armies had accomplished the unthinkable. After surviving the assault, they defeated the Taiping at their own game. Just one more push would be necessary to bring about Judgement Day at this point.]]> 2022-12-01 01:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404446458 1864 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404447659 Even the most fervent followers of Hong could see that the Taiping were in trouble. Cannibalism on an industrial scale had occurred during the Qing siege of the Taiping city of Anqing three years earlier. Local markets had previously sold human flesh. Hong's advisers pleaded with him to take action in an effort to prevent a similar circumstance in Nanjing.]]> 2022-12-01 01:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404447659 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404448847 Hong appeared to his people before departing from his palace and assured them that God would take care of them.
But they gathered them together and brought their leader back. Hong blessed the food and ordered it to be cooked while beaming at their abundance. The Heavenly King eventually took his bowl of "manna," ate from it, and then promptly passed away from food poisoning.]]> 2022-12-01 01:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404448847 July 19, 1864 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404449918 A three-day long street combat resulted in the Qing retaking Nanjing. The bloodiest conflict ever witnessed by humankind took place at that period. As Nanjing fell, there were massacres committed house by house. Mass suicides as thousands of Taiping true believers gathered and set themselves on fire. It combined the Battle of Stalingrad, the Jonestown Massacre, and the Somme into one event.]]> 2022-12-01 01:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404449918 1866 bkkim261_1 https://padlet.com/jilee26_2/66subieqzjh7dhkf/wish/2404450597 Although sporadic fighting would continue until 1866, the Taiping Rebellion was officially over.
Its Heavenly King was dead.
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