Millenarianism refers usually to a radical mass movement which reflects a particular mode of thinking and action with a sense of redemption.Taiping Rebellion is considered as a millenarian movement due to its“Taiping...Millenarianism refers usually to a radical mass movement which reflects a particular mode of thinking and action with a sense of redemption.Taiping Rebellion is considered as a millenarian movement due to its“Taiping”ideal,coming of the savior,mass appeal and crusade against evil.However,the millenarianism exemplified in the Taiping Rebellion should not be regarded as a pure Western Christian Millenarianism.Instead it should be viewed as a particular kind of theology derived from Hong Xiuquan’s combination of traditional Chinese culture and Christianity.A political-regional comparative study engaging worldwide millenarian movements of the 19th century reveals that Taiping Rebellion actually represents Chinese people’s own particular response towards the coming of modernity which was stimulated and encouraged by the western power’s invasion.展开更多
The“anti-Confucianism”constituted the main feature of the cultural policy of the Taiping Rebellion.However,the anti-Confucianism movement of the Taiping Rebellion was mainly in form rather than in content,and mainly...The“anti-Confucianism”constituted the main feature of the cultural policy of the Taiping Rebellion.However,the anti-Confucianism movement of the Taiping Rebellion was mainly in form rather than in content,and mainly in action rather than in thought,which manifested itself in a policy of banning and destroying the physical forms of Confucian memorial tablets,Confucian temples,and Confucian classics.The core elements of Confucianism were all inherited and retained by Hong Xiuquan,who was committed to subverting Confucius’position as the cultural authority of Chinese society,so Confucianism,together with Christian thought and folk religious thought,constituted the main source of the ideology of the Taiping Rebellion.It was the influence of Confucianism and folk religious thought on Hong Xiuquan that gave the idea of worshipping God a localized character and made a new type of religion that combined Chinese and Western elements.The“anti-Confucianism”was mostly based on an irrational political movement,and the Taiping Rebellion never criticized the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius from a theoretical point of view.Thus the political submission of civil society to the Taiping Rebellion hardly rose to the level of political identification.Cultural antipathy,to some extent,led to the eventual defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.展开更多
The publication of The Tat＇ping Heavenly Chronicle （Taiping tianr） in 1862 marks a critical moment in the development of the Taiping propaganda machine. Printed with copper plate printing technology that evinces im...The publication of The Tat＇ping Heavenly Chronicle （Taiping tianr） in 1862 marks a critical moment in the development of the Taiping propaganda machine. Printed with copper plate printing technology that evinces imperial authority, this text is the only official history written by the Taipings in their quest to institute an overarching narrative of the movement. A systematic description of the origin and nature of the Taiping movement, The Taiping Heavenly Chronicle aims to establish Hong Xiuquan as the sole religious and political leader after the internecine Tianjing Incident （1856）, which radically restructured the Taiping leadership. Using imagery, popular literary tropes, and narrative devices, this text incorporates the heterogeneous elements found in the Christian-inspired Taiping discourse to rewrite thousands of years of Chinese history.展开更多
基金This thesis was made possible by funding from the project“Destiny,Freedom and Foresight:Strategies for the Future in East Asia and Europe”of the International Centre for Humanistic Studies(Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung)at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,Germany(supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research).
文摘Millenarianism refers usually to a radical mass movement which reflects a particular mode of thinking and action with a sense of redemption.Taiping Rebellion is considered as a millenarian movement due to its“Taiping”ideal,coming of the savior,mass appeal and crusade against evil.However,the millenarianism exemplified in the Taiping Rebellion should not be regarded as a pure Western Christian Millenarianism.Instead it should be viewed as a particular kind of theology derived from Hong Xiuquan’s combination of traditional Chinese culture and Christianity.A political-regional comparative study engaging worldwide millenarian movements of the 19th century reveals that Taiping Rebellion actually represents Chinese people’s own particular response towards the coming of modernity which was stimulated and encouraged by the western power’s invasion.
基金The National Social Science Foundation Youth Project of China(No.20CZS038).
文摘The“anti-Confucianism”constituted the main feature of the cultural policy of the Taiping Rebellion.However,the anti-Confucianism movement of the Taiping Rebellion was mainly in form rather than in content,and mainly in action rather than in thought,which manifested itself in a policy of banning and destroying the physical forms of Confucian memorial tablets,Confucian temples,and Confucian classics.The core elements of Confucianism were all inherited and retained by Hong Xiuquan,who was committed to subverting Confucius’position as the cultural authority of Chinese society,so Confucianism,together with Christian thought and folk religious thought,constituted the main source of the ideology of the Taiping Rebellion.It was the influence of Confucianism and folk religious thought on Hong Xiuquan that gave the idea of worshipping God a localized character and made a new type of religion that combined Chinese and Western elements.The“anti-Confucianism”was mostly based on an irrational political movement,and the Taiping Rebellion never criticized the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius from a theoretical point of view.Thus the political submission of civil society to the Taiping Rebellion hardly rose to the level of political identification.Cultural antipathy,to some extent,led to the eventual defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
文摘The publication of The Tat＇ping Heavenly Chronicle （Taiping tianr） in 1862 marks a critical moment in the development of the Taiping propaganda machine. Printed with copper plate printing technology that evinces imperial authority, this text is the only official history written by the Taipings in their quest to institute an overarching narrative of the movement. A systematic description of the origin and nature of the Taiping movement, The Taiping Heavenly Chronicle aims to establish Hong Xiuquan as the sole religious and political leader after the internecine Tianjing Incident （1856）, which radically restructured the Taiping leadership. Using imagery, popular literary tropes, and narrative devices, this text incorporates the heterogeneous elements found in the Christian-inspired Taiping discourse to rewrite thousands of years of Chinese history.
