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The Eight Trigrams refers to a religious uprising taking place during the early part of the 1800's. Although planned well with good intentions, the rebellion was an ultimate failure and mostly unnoticed in modern Chinese history.

Occurring in 1813, The White Lotus religious group planned eight simultaneous uprisings to overrule the Qing Dynasty. Their plans to take over and the execution of the plans were flawless. The plan for maintaining their power, however, was extremely flawed. Their rebellions were quickly squandered by the Qing's Military forces and the rebels were quickly forced to retreat. They held for a few months in a remote region of the He Nan province, but eventually gave in to the Qing Military.

These religious crusaders were not organized in their efforts which led to their quick demise. Contrary to historical trends, there are no monographs, books, or other records about the Eight Trigrams' rebellion thus the records for this rebellion came from unlikely sources. The main source of historical evidence and records came from captured rebels who had been interrogated by Qing officials, as was customary at the time.

These records indicate that the White Lotus leaders' main focus was to lead the Qing dynasty to an era of endless peace. They believed that through their faith, and faith alone, one could secure endless happiness after their mortal life. A noteworthy item is their goal of endless peace which they were attempting to secure through violence and murder. These huge contradicting facts possibly led to the quick down-fall and lack of support for the White Lotus rebellion.

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