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Is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement Good or Bad for China?

Whether the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is good or bad for China should be analyzed in detail. So what is the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement?

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First of all, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement accelerated the disintegration of China's feudal rule, it also destroyed the productive forces. During the more than ten years of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the war swept through most of China, and even the prosperous south began to slump.

Secondly, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement caused a large number of deaths. In the past ten years, the population of China has almost dropped by half, which led to the Qing court having to reuse the Han people, and its control over the local area became weaker and weaker.

Finally, after the initial victory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the leaders began to fight for power and profit, and cronyism. Therefore, it's a pity that the vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement failed in this way after leaving a scar on most of China.

Of course, in addition to these drawbacks, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement carried forward the idea of reform. After being suppressed by external forces, the Qing court also began to learn from the West, paving the way for the Westernization Movement, which also promoted the development of China. In addition, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was the largest peasant uprising movement in modern China, which represented a kind of ideological emancipation.

So according to the above, is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement good or bad for China?

Looking at the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, in fact, the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement on China was more harmful than beneficial, especially in terms of productivity and population, which almost hit China at that time, weakened the strength of the Qing government, aggravated the severity of the subsequent Second Opium War, and left an indelible pain for China.

The Nature of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal peasant struggle, and its nature is also an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal peasant struggle.

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Among the five words "anti-local feudalism", "emperor" refers to imperialism, which is a political proposition. Its main content is to be superior to other countries by plundering territory or establishing economic and political hegemony. At that time, China was a country with vast territory and rich resources in the eyes of the great powers, which aroused the desire of the great powers to carve up China. Therefore, in this context, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement dealt a heavy blow to imperialism.

Among the five words "anti-local feudalism", "feudalism" refers to the feudal society in China that lasted for more than two thousand years. Refers to the social form in which landlords or lords occupy land and deprive farmers or serfs. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement broke out, the Qing government in China was very corrupt and cowardly, and was constantly carved up by foreign powers, so some peasant classes decided to resist.

Therefore, in the nature of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the peasant struggle is also very important, but it also led to the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement because of the limitations of the peasant class.

In fact, there has always been controversy in the history circle about the movement of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. To sum up, there are two main types. One is the old peasant uprising, and the other is the bourgeois revolutionary nature. This is the conclusion drawn by historians from their analysis of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. Some people think that the peasants at that time were not feudal peasants in the Middle Ages, so they had bourgeois characteristics, so different people had different views on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, which gave it the nature of the movement.

Lessons from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was a massive peasant uprising war, which lasted fourteen years. Numerous battles were fought in this war, but the movement ended in failure. The lesson of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is profound, and it has given a valuable warning to future generations. China's * * * production party has largely learned the lessons of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.

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The first lesson of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement: First of all, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement did not have a political program throughout. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement failed to put forward an attractive political program and has been fighting for it. Although the Land System of China was promulgated, it was not always implemented, and finally the feudal imperial power system was established. It is precisely because of the unclear political program that its policies are inconsistent, especially after the establishment of the capital Tianjing, the implementation of these policies is not thorough. In this way, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement finally lost the hearts of the people, and failure was inevitable.

The second lesson of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement did not form a unified command system, and its rights were scattered. Shortly after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made Tianjin its capital, civil strife broke out, and Yang gradually began the process of seizing the highest ruling power. However, the rights within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have never been interrupted, and the struggle for these rights eventually led to the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.

Compared with the Qing government, the Qing army that besieged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement realized a high degree of concentration of power, and Zeng Guofan's strong unified leadership was an important factor leading to the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.

The third lesson of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement: The strategic mistakes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement are an important factor leading to the ultimate failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. It was a huge strategic mistake for the uncontrollable generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to explore the West in the North. In the end, both the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition ended in failure, which was a great loss to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. This dispersion of forces is another important factor in the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In a word, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was essentially a peasant uprising war. Due to their own limitations, farmers can't successfully lead the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal historical task in semi-colonial and semi-feudal China.