Lin Shuangwen rebellion

Pacification of Taiwan

The Qing fleet returning from Taiwan
Date1786–1788
Location
Result Qing victory
Belligerents
Qing dynasty Qing Empire Taiwanese rebels
Commanders and leaders
Qing dynasty Qianlong Emperor
Qing dynasty Fuk'anggan
Qing dynasty Ren Cheng'en [zh]
Lin Shuangwen [zh]  Executed
Zhuang Datian [zh]  (POW)
Lin Da  Executed
Strength
3,000 police
10,000 troops sent to relieve Taiwan in 1786
20,000 troops brought by Fuk'anggan in 1788 including Green Standard Army and Eight Banners
Quanzhou militia
Hakka militia
a minority of Zhangzhou militia
Zhangzhou militia (Minority of Quanzhou militia)
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Lin Shuangwen rebellion (Chinese: 林爽文事件; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Sóng-bûn sū-kiāⁿ; lit. 'Lin Shuangwen Incident') occurred in 1787–1788 in Taiwan under the rule of the Qing dynasty. The rebellion was started by the rebel Lin Shuangwen and was pacified by the Qianlong Emperor. Lin Shuangwen was then executed.[1]

It started when the Qing Taiwan governor Sun Jingsui (孙景燧) outlawed the Tiandihui society and arrested Lin Shuangwen's uncles. Lin then murdered Sun and formed an army to resist. Lin's forces which were mostly Zhangzhou people attacked several Taiwan sites, and fought militias mostly made out of Quanzhou and Hakka people, however some Quanzhou fought on Lin's side and some Zhangzhou people were on the Qing side. The Qing sent troops to quell the rebellion and execute Lin and the rebels.[2]

  1. ^ Peterson, Willard J. (2002), Part 1: The Ch'ing Empire to 1800, The Cambridge History of China, vol. 9, Cambridge University Press, p. 269, ISBN 9780521243346, OL 7734135M
  2. ^ "Qianlong Battle Prints" (PDF). Battle of Qurman - Painting from 1760 - Lost Fragment from ...