Hong Xiuquan

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Hong Xiuquan was a 19th-century Chinese religious leader and revolutionary who led the massive Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty, claiming to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

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instanceOf 19th-century Chinese person
Chinese revolutionary
political leader
rebellion leader
religious leader
associatedWith Feng Yunshan
Hong Rengan
Shi Dakai
Yang Xiuqing
birthPlace Guangdong Province
Huaxian, Guangdong
Qing Empire
linked to: Qing dynasty
birthYear 1814
capitalEstablishedAt Tianjing (Nanjing)
linked to: Nanjing
causeOfDeath illness
conflict Chinese civil wars of the 19th century
Taiping Rebellion
countryOfCitizenship Qing Empire
linked to: Qing dynasty
deathPlace Nanjing
Qing Empire
linked to: Qing dynasty

Tianjing
linked to: Tianjin
deathYear 1864
education Confucian classical education
era late Qing dynasty
linked to: Qing dynasty
ethnicGroup Hakka
familyName Hong
founded God Worshipping Society
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
givenName Xiuquan
influencedBy Christian missionary tracts
Liang Fa
Protestant Christianity
knownFor claiming to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ
founding the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
leading the Taiping Rebellion
languageSpoken Chinese
Hakka
movement Taiping Rebellion
name Hong Xiuquan
notableEvent capture of Nanjing in 1853
proclamation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1851
visions after examination failure
opponent Qing dynasty
Qing imperial forces
linked to: Qing army
positionHeld Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
religion Christianity-inspired syncretic faith
God Worshipping Society
title Heavenly King

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