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White Lotus Rebellion

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The White Lotus Rebellion (Chinese: 川楚白蓮敎起義; pinyin: Chuān chŭ bái lián jiào qǐ yì, 1794–1804) was a rebellion initiated by followers of the White Lotus movement during the Qing dynasty of China. Motivated by millenarian Buddhists who promised the immediate return of the Buddha, it erupted out of social and economic discontent in the impoverished provinces of Hubei, Shaanxi, and Sichuan (including modern Sichuan and Chongqing). The rebellion began in 1794, when large groups of rebels claiming White Lotus affiliations rose up within the mountainous region that separated Sichuan province from Hubei and Shaanxi provinces. A smaller precursor to the main rebellion broke out in 1774, under the leadership of the martial-arts and herbal-healing expert Wang Lun in Shandong province of northern China.

White Lotus Rebellion - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1794–1804 rebellion in China For the 14th-century rebellion also related to the White Lotus, see Red Turban Rebellion . The White Lotus Rebellion ( Chinese : 川 楚 白 蓮 教 起 義 ; pinyin : Chuān chǔ bái lián jiào qǐ yì , 1794–1804) was a rebellion initiated by followers of the White Lotus movement during the Qing dynasty of China. Motivated by millenarian Buddhists who promised the immediate return of the Buddha, it erupted out of social and economic discontent in the impoverished provinces of Hubei , Shaanxi , a

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