One-hour route
Read these in order:
- Taiping Rebellion / 太平天国运动
- Origins
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- Tianjing Incident
- Qing Counterinsurgency
- Collapse and Aftermath
Deeper route
After the one-hour route, read:
- Taiping Ideology and Religion
- Land System of the Heavenly Dynasty
- New Treatise on Aids to Administration
- Gender and Family Policy
- Xiang Army
- Ever Victorious Army
- Casualties, Famine, Disease, and Displacement
- Political Memory and Modern Legacy
Source route
Use this route if you want to check evidence:
By interest
If you want to follow a specific thread rather than a linear route:
People: Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Hong Rengan, Li Xiucheng, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang
Ideas: Religion Primer, Taiping Ideology and Religion, Land System, New Treatise, Political Memory
War: Campaigns Overview, Jintian Uprising, Northern Expedition, Western Campaigns, Tianjing Incident, Anqing, Collapse and Aftermath
Consequences: Qing Counterinsurgency, Casualties, Reconstruction, Ordinary People, Historiography, Why It Matters Today
How the wiki handles disputes
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