It was precipitated by the revival of a 12th century religious group.  
It was precipitated by the revival of a 12th century religious group.  Largely uncoordinated roving bands waged guerilla warfare against the ruling dynasty and the corrupt army was frustrated until peasants organized into local militias to defeat them.  If they had a true leader, he or she was never found, and they in turn inspired the Nian Rebellion of 1852 and possibly the Boxer Rebellion.  FTP, name this 1796-1804 rebellion in central China against the Manchus named for a flower beloved of Buddhists.
It was precipitated by the revival of a 12th century religious group.  
White Lotus Rebellion