HIS 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Zeng Guofan, Hong Xiuquan, Li Hongzhang
30 Oct 2017
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The deadliest civil war in history, resulted in the deaths of 20-30 million people. 3 times, then had a nervous breakdown. he fell into a coma for 40 days, and after he woke up, he was convinced that he was the son of the christian god. God on earth. he retranslated the bible, and symbolically changed his hairstyle. he also did not believe in footbinding, believed men and women were equal, and wanted to abolish ancestral worship. these ideals especially appealed to unemployed workers. The qing government ordered that each province should send its. Foreign armies fought as well, the british & the french sent troops. Warlords aided in defeating the taiping, especially zeng guofan own armies and li hongzhang. They also created an office to handle foreign affairs. Reformed only technology while rejecting institutional change. China was bankrupt after the taiping rebellion. Russia, japan, britain, france, germany, and us all got foreign spheres of influence in china.
