taiping rebellion n.
太平天国运动
Taiping \Tai"ping"\, or Taeping \Tae"ping"\, a. [Chin. t'aip'ing
great peace.] (Chinese Hist.)
Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one
Hung-Siu-Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast,
attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the
{Taiping rebellion}, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by
General Gordon about 1864.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]