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China · Religion & Belief · Hard
Which mass millenarian movement, called the 'White Lotus' (Bailian Jiao), blended Buddhist and Daoist elements and instigated numerous rebellions across the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, including a major uprising in 1796?
Answer: White Lotus Society — The White Lotus was a persistent underground sect whose eschatological beliefs—centred on the Eternal Mother (Wusheng Laomu) who would save her children—fuelled revolutionary movements across half a millennium of Chinese history.
- A White Lotus Society ✓
- B Yellow Turban Rebellion
- C Red Spear Society
- D Eight Trigrams uprising
The White Lotus was a persistent underground sect whose eschatological beliefs—centred on the Eternal Mother (Wusheng Laomu) who would save her children—fuelled revolutionary movements across half a millennium of Chinese history.