This thesis was made possible by funding from the project“Destiny,Freedom and Foresight:Strategies for the Future in East Asia and Europe”of the International Centre for Humanistic Studies(Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung)at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,Germany(supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research).
Millenarianism refers usually to a radical mass movement which reflects a particular mode of thinking and action with a sense of redemption.Taiping Rebellion is considered as a millenarian movement due to its“Taiping...