Taiping Rebellion • The Taiping Rebellion (1851 1864), which erupted over most of South and Central China in the middle of the 19th century, • It was the biggest peasant uprising in Chinese history and one of the greatest peasant rebellions in world history. • The Taiping Rebellion was mainly against the two powers : Firstly, it was against the feudal rule of the Manchu dynasty. Secondarily it was against foreign capitalism (Foreign capitalism had been making steady inroads into the economy, society, and politics of China). Chinese Historian Contemporary Conservative Nationalist Non Nationalist Object Nature 1.Transitional phase • The Taiping Rebellion took place at a time when Chinese society was under transition. • It was in the process of transition from a feudal society to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial one. • The process of transition started from the time of the Opium Wars when Britain and other foreign powers had already begun mak...