Category:Taiping

Tai"ping", or tae"ping", a. [chin. t'aip'ing great peace.] (chinese Hist.)

Defn: 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.