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The White Lotus (traditional Chinese: 白蓮教; simplified Chinese: 白莲教; pinyin: Báiliánjiào; Wade–Giles: Pai-lien chiao; lit. 'White Lotus Religion') is a syncretic religious and political movement which forecasts the imminent advent of the "King of Light" (明王), i.e., the future Buddha Maitreya. [1]
The White Lotus society (Bailianjiao) was a religious cult already in existence in the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty (1127–1279). When the Manchu tribes of Manchuria (now Northeast China) conquered China some 500 years later in the 17th century and proclaimed the Qing dynasty, the White Lotus…
White Lotus Rebellion, (1796–1804), large-scale uprising in the mountainous regions of central China that contributed to the decline of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). The White Lotus society (Bailianjiao) was a religious cult already in existence in the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty (1127–1279).
Aug 15, 2019 · The White Lotus Society / Sect (written in Chinese as 白莲教, and Romanized as ‘Bai Lian Jiao’) was a millenarian movement that existed in imperial China.
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.
Apr 13, 2022 · The White lotus (Bailian Jiao, 白莲教) was a Buddhist political and religious movement that believed in a universal female divinity, the “Unborn Old Mother” who would gather all of her children towards the end of the millennium, into one large family.
History, Asian Studies, Military Studies, Security Studies. A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEThe White Lotus War (1796-1804) in central China marked the endof the Qing dynasty's golden age and the fatal weakening ...