Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom) / a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
天下大乱
tiān xià dà luàn
the whole country in rebellion
篝火狐鸣
gōu huǒ hú míng
to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom)
平叛
píng pàn
to put down a revolt / to pacify a rebellion
叛乱罪
pàn luàn zuì
the crime of armed rebellion
安史之乱
An1 Shǐ zhī Luàn
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
杨秀清
Yáng Xiù qīng
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
三藩之乱
sān fān zhī luàn
Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
三藩叛乱
Sān fān pàn luàn
rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi
侯景之乱
Hóu Jǐng zhī luàn
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 / in 548
厘金
lí jīn
a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
史思明
Shǐ Sī míng
Shi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], participated in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
大刀会
dà dāo huì
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
太平天国之乱
Tài píng Tiān guó zhī Luàn
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), which ultimately failed but caused massive upheaval and weakened the Qing dynasty
小刀会
Xiǎo dāo huì
Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855
Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
普加乔夫
Pǔ jiā qiáo fū
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great
朱红灯
Zhū Hóng dēng
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
湘勇
Xiāng yǒng
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
红巾军
hóng jīn jūn
the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
护国战
Hù guó zhàn
National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor
护国战争
Hù guó Zhàn zhēng
National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor
护国军
Hù guó jūn
National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3])
护国运动
Hù guó Yùn dòng
Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor
护法战争
hù fǎ zhàn zhēng
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
金田村
Jīn tián cūn
Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平[Gui4 ping2], Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港|贵港[Gui4 gang3], Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] rebellion in 1851
靖乱
jìng luàn
to put down a rebellion
骊姬之乱
Lí Jī zhī Luàn
Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1]
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