taiping rebellion
Imperialism In China The Taiping Rebellion March 8, 1863 I have just bought this journal in hopes to remember the rebellion of the Taiping in later years of my life. ... Hong proclaimed them to be the Taiping, which means “great peace” and assumed the title of “heavenly king.” In 1853 the Taiping army captured Nanking, a large city in central China. Leadership rivalries weakened the Taiping. ... I am a Taiping. ... I have just received news that the Taiping lost the city and that Hong and all the leaders committed suicide.