HIEA 2031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nian Rebellion, Hong Xiuquan, Millenarianism
27 Sep 2016
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Sources of rural discontent: mounting poverty, rise in social violence. Drove them into greater degree of poverty: declining revenues (as a result of admin) also declined the effects of administration. Inability of government to effectively respond to natural disasters: i. e. - bad waterworks. Famines because of inability to redistribute grains. Banditry and uprisings begins to increase as a result of these: banditry = would descend upon villages and take their grains, these small scale episodes of violence turned into large scale movements and rebellions. Full scale rebellion was a rare thing in chinese history. Kunming (sw many muslims, but also a minority groups known as the miao) + gansu area (nw many muslims) Monday, september 12, 2016: both areas are very ethnically diverse leading to clash with the xing dynasty, miaos felt that their culture was being washed out by the majority hans. Bandits to rebels: the nian rebellion (1851-68)
