... means to earn a living??. These were the reasons why peasants rebelled in the Second Han?? and Tang dynasties??. Peasants of the Qing dynasty?? rebelled for similar reasons. Like the previous??? peasant rebellions, natural disasters?? like flooding?? and droughts?? helped sparked off?? the Taiping Rebellion. Examining the background, historians conclude that the Taiping Rebellion was generated?? mostly in the traditional way. Nonetheless????, the Taiping Rebellion differed from a traditional peasant rebellion as the disastrous??? effects of foreign penetration?? to China acted as an additional factor. Opium smoking???? had used up the commoners'??? wealth. The Manzhu??? failures to resist?? western aggression brought about unequal treaties to China. Porters???? and Cohong?? merchants in Guangzhou?? suffered?? in particular since the opening of Shanghai undermined?? the prosperity?? of Guangzhou. Fixed tariffs???? introduced cheap foreign goods to China, thus?? upsetting?? her self-sufficient????? economy. All in all, anti-foreign and anti-Manzhu feelings took root?? in southern China, ...

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