Taiping
[tahy-ping]
- a person who participated in the unsuccessful rebellion (Taiping Rebellion), 1850–64, led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (Hong Xiuquan), who attempted to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.
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Origin of Taiping
From the Chinese word tàipíng literally, great peace
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Contemporary Examples
A problem far more pressing for the dynasty was the Taiping revolt, which ran from 1850 to 1864 and left tens of millions dead.
Taiping set the stage for the drama of modern Chinese history.
The Taiping naively hoped for steamships and Armstrong guns from their fellow Christians; they were to be sorely disappointed.
Historical Examples
I can remember the Taiping rebellion, and this seems to me to be quite as bad.
With the Allies to PekinGeorge Alfred Henty
General Liu and I proposed to demarcate south of the Taiping.
A Civil Servant in BurmaHerbert Thirkel White
Hung Sin-tsuan, the leader in the Taiping rebellion, was a Hakka.
Later in the year, as a result partly of poor harvests, the great Taiping rebellion began.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by YearEdwin Emerson
He averred that he had "the divine commission Progress of Taiping rebellion to possess the Empire as its true sovereign."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by YearEdwin Emerson
Taiping
- history a person who supported or took part in the movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864 (Taiping rebellion), which weakened the Manchu dynasty but was eventually suppressed with foreign aid
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Word Origin
C19: from Chinese, from tai great + ping peace
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