The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Hong Xiuquan’s visions
- Date of account
- 1837–1864
- Location
- Guangxi, Nanjing, and central China
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Hong Xiuquan’s visions and subsequent identification with a Christian-influenced heavenly mission generated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which controlled large areas of China from 1851 until its defeat in 1864. The movement combined biblical reinterpretation, prophetic authority, ritual discipline, and a radically ordered sacred state. It matters for comparison with East Asian salvationist traditions and charismatic leadership. Historians disagree over how to balance Christian missionary influence, local sectarian precedents, personal visionary experience, and political circumstances in explaining the movement.
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